NDLEA, Customs find 76.9kg of ‘Canadian Loud’ in 4 vehicles at Onne port, raid skunk warehouse in Edo forest
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives in Edo State have located a large warehouse of skunk said to be stashed in 231 jumbo bags and weighing 3,003 kilograms.
According to the agency, the discovery was made in the Iwe Forest area of Iwe community, in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, adding that the drugs have been set ablaze.
Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement, Sunday, added that the operation in the Edo community which involved ‘hundreds of well-armed operatives in the early hours of Tuesday 30th May, followed intelligence that a wanted drug kingpin had stored tons of the illicit substance in the forest ready for distribution to other parts of the country.’
The NDLEA also disclosed that in another operation, not less than 76.9 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, were recovered from four used vehicles in a container marked MSDU6686346 from Canada at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, in Rivers State ‘between Thursday 1st June and Friday 2nd June during a joint inspection of the shipment with men of the Nigeria Customs Service.’
“The request for 100 per cent examination of the shipment followed earlier intelligence received by the Agency on the container,” the agency said.
In other operation s across the country, NDLEA said its operatives in Kano State, arrested two suspects: Ma’aruf Rabiu and Abubakar Mustapha, Tuesday, May30 along Zaria-Kano road with 260 blocks of cannabis weighing 139.4kg, ‘while Auwal Ibrahim was nabbed with 38kg of the same substance the following day Wednesday 31st May along Kaduna-Abuja road, same day 35-year-old female suspect, Bilkisu Isiya, was arrested at Birnin Yero, Kaduna in possession of 5.6kg cannabis.’
“In Borno State, two suspects: Abubakar Usman (aka Alhaji Mai Kero) and Adamu Yusuf were arrested at Bargu village, Shani LGA, on Saturday 3rd June with 165 blocks of skunk weighing 140.7kg.
“Their arrest was effected deep inside a fluid insurgents environment with military support. A female suspect, Hauwa Ibrahim, 25, was also nabbed in the same village with 6.4kg of the psychoactive substance, while another suspect Alhaji Abubakar, 27, was arrested at Njimtilo checkpoint with 4,200 ampoules of pentazocine injection and different quantities of D5 and exol-5 tablets.
“A 30-year-old suspect, Iroko Wasiu was arrested at a drug joint at Sabo Aba-Owolowo along Oyo-Ogbomoso expressway on Tuesday 30th May and 31.2kg of cannabis recovered from him, while two suspects: Deji Adelabu, 35, and Mutiu Salau, 37, were nabbed the following day Wednesday 31st May in Sabo area along Oyo- Ogbomoso road and Awuro Dada area in Orire local government area of Oyo state with a total of 8kg cannabis recovered from them,” the agency reported.
