NDLEA parading the fake security agent, Godwin Ilevbare for importing chocolates and biscuits laced with drug from Canada into Nigeria for the purpose of selling
NDLEA arrests fake security agent for importing drug-laced biscuits, chocolates, as man excretes 10 wraps of cocaine at Enugu airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected fake security agent, Godwin Ilevbare (a.k.a Edwin Agbon) for importing chocolates and biscuits laced with drug from Canada into Nigeria for the purpose of selling.
NDLEA parading the fake security agent, Godwin Ilevbare for importing chocolates and biscuits laced with drug from Canada into Nigeria for the purpose of selling
This is also as the agency paraded a 76-year-old grandfather, Osagie Robert for dealing on cannabis.
According to the NDLEA, all the arrests were made by the Edo State Command of the agency.
The septuagenarian Osagie Robert, popularly called ‘Old soldier,’ was arrested on Friday 7th January, 2022 in Egor, Oredo area of Edo state, while Godwin Ilevbare was nabbed during a controlled delivery of the consignment shipped into Nigeria through a courier company soon after the suspect signed for it.
NDLEA said its operatives under cover working inside in the courier firm arrested Ilevbare at his apartment in Benin City on Tuesday, January 4.
Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a press statement, Sunday.
On Ilevbare’s case, the NDLEA spokesman said “the consignment, emanated from Canada, contains ‘Colorado’ brand of Cannabis concealed inside chocolates and biscuits weighing 6.491kilograms, while the drug biscuits (cookies) and chocolates weighed 5.566kg and 0.383kg respectively.”
In operations carried out by the agency in other states, Babafemi said a 48-year-old Nigerian excreted 10 wraps of substances believed to be cocaine at the Enugu airport on his way from Brazil on a an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
“A 48-year-old Iloduba Augustine, a passenger of Ethiopian airline that arrived Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was on New Year’s eve arrested and placed on observation during which he confessed to have swallowed 58 pellets of cocaine out of which he excreted 48 pellets which were delivered to a Kenyan while on transit in Addis Ababa for a fee of N1million.
“He said he continued his journey to Nigeria with the remaining 10 pellets in his stomach, which according to him, he intended to sell in Lagos. The wraps of cocaine were later excreted at 10:40am on New Year day, 1st January.
“In Niger state, 23-year-old Simon Richard, a 500 level student of the Dept. of Agric Economics and Extension, Federal University of Technology, Minna was arrested at Gidan Kwano Talba road, Minna with different quantities of Loud and Tramadol on Thursday 6th Jan, while in Benue state, a 21-year-old lady, Shidoo Ben was arrested with 14 pinches of crack cocaine at Jada Hotel, Otukpo on Friday 7th January. She traveled from Abuja to sell the drug in Benue. This is even as a raid in Jigbele Lota camp, Owo area of Ondo state led to the recovery of 598kg cannabis and the arrest of Chukwuemeka Azi on Thursday 6th January.
“In Ogun state, two suspects: Mrs. Ajoke Samuel, 60, and Ogundairo Taye, 37, were arrested in Itaka and Odo Eran areas of Abeokuta North with different quantities of cannabis sativa, just as Ibrahim Adamu and Yahaya Mohammed were nabbed with 81kg cannabis along Ilorin-Jebba expressway on Tuesday 4th January.
“In Plateau state, three siblings: Emmanuel Ngyang Jajoang, Timothy Ngyang Jajoang and Markus Ngyang Jajoang were arrested on Thursday 6th Jan. at Kwakwi village, Riyom LGA with different quantities of cannabis and a locally made pistol.
“At least, two suspects; Sunny Daniel and Joseph Chukwube were arrested in different parts of Rivers state with quantities of Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cannabis Sativa and Cocaine as well as N364, 500 cash on Thursday 6th January.
“In Delta state, NDLEA operatives supported by soldiers on Wednesday 5th Jan. raided a warehouse in Abbi town, Ndokwa West LGA, where two variants of cannabis; ‘Loud’ and ‘Skunk’ weighing 56.5kg believed to be imported from a neighbouring country, as well as, two suspects, namely; Miss Lillian Echicheli and Collins Uzokwe were seized,” the NDLEA report read.
