Suspects; Urama Chinemelum Precious and Adelakun Ilelabayo Oluade in NDLEA net
NDLEA discovers multi-billion naira cocaine, ‘loud’ haul in Lagos warehouses
Anti-narcotics agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have discovered a multi-billion naira worth of cocaine, opioids and ‘Loud’ from parts of Lagos.
This is also as the agency said it has arrested four alleged drug lords in connection with the discovery.
According to NDLEA’s spokesperson Mr Femi BabaFemi, Sunday, in a statement, ‘intelligence-led operations across parts of the state also, led to the arrest of a baroness after three major illicit drug syndicates were dismantled by the operatives.’
NDLEA disclosed that a female head of one of the syndicates, Faith Ebele Nwankwo was arrested on Wednesday 9th August at her residence, House 6, C close, 3rd Avenue, Festac area of Lagos shortly after she returned from a warehouse at Plot 3432 Sola Akinsola Street, Divine Estate, Amuwo Odofin where she loaded eight cartons of tramadol 225mg into an unmarked white Honda Pilot SUV.
“A search of her residence and the warehouse led to the recovery of Two Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand pills of tramadol,” the agency reported.
NDLEA further disclosed that its operatives attached to the Special Unit in another operation targeted at a group of transnational syndicates involved in importation, exportation, distribution, and dealing of cocaine and Canadian Loud, on Friday 4th August ‘tracked and arrested the drug syndicate in Lekki- Ajah area of Lagos where a blue Toyota Highlander SUV was loaded with 8.49kg of cocaine.’
“Ten point three kg (10.3kg) of Canadian Loud was also recovered for distribution by the duo of Urama Chinemelum Precious, 32, and Adelakun Ilelabayo Oluade, 55,” the statement said.
NDLEA reported further that a follow-up operation at the residence of Chinemelum at House 7, Road 7, Lagra Estate, Eti-Osa, Lagos led to the recovery of additional 18 blocks of Loud weighing 18.5kg.
