NDLEA Nab Drug Dealers In 4 States

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA  has in coordinated operations arrested drug dealers across four states of the Federation.

The states include Gombe, Kogi, Anambra and Sokoto.

This was disclosed in a statement by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Spokesman on Sunday.

“One hundred and nineteen thousand (119,000) tablets and capsules of tramadol, D5 and Exol5 were recovered from two drug dealers in Gombe state,” he said.

“ Nasiru Abubakar, 22, and Umaru Bayero a.k.a Hadiza were arrested when NDLEA operatives raided their stores at the Gombe main market on Tuesday, September 6.”

Babafemi said a suspect, Paul Ali, was arrested along the Okene-Abuja highway in Kogi with 1,404 bottles of codeine-based syrup weighing 190.94kg.

He said 2,040 ampoules of pentazocine injection coming from Onitsha to Sokoto was also intercepted.

“A follow-up operation in Sokoto has also led to the arrest of the receiver of the consignment on Tuesday, September 6,” he added.

“A raid at the cannabis plantation camp in Emure forest, Owo LGA, Ondo State has led to the arrest of Monday Onoja, 20; Daniel Kehinde, 25; and Obinna Okechukwu, 35.

“Sixteen (16) bags of the illicit substance weighing 179.5kg were seized from them”, he added.