NDLEA intercepts Niger State-bound explosives to bandits, arrests Cameroonian in Nigerian Army uniform
Operatives of the anti-narcotics agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of 32 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), said to headed for camps of bandits situated in Niger State.
Spokesman of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement, disclosed that the suspect, identified as Musa Muhammadu who was caught with the explosives, last Monday, May 22, along the Wawa road, in Kainji, Niger State, has been transferred to the military for further investigation on the orders of the Chairman of the Agency, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Marwa (rtd).
The arrest follows another interception of a shipment containing 379grams of meth, concealed in false bottom of six black soap containers, packed in a carton containing local hand fans, and said to be heading to Cyprus, was recovered at a courier company in Lagos by officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI), at the agency.
Further to the ‘interception, NDLEA said its operatives in Adamawa state, during a ‘stop and search’ patrol along Michika- Bazza road on Friday, arrested a Cameroonian, Ndawai Emma Ngalou with a pair of Nigerian Army camourflage uniform bearing Sunday U and two ATM cards belonging to Turaki Mohammed and Ekene Izuegunam.
“Two female suspects; Bilkisu Yusuf and Kauna Katsina were on May 22 arrested in Ningi town, Bauchi state with 11,080 pills of tramadol, while Uche Shadrach was arrested with 20,480 pills of the same pharmaceutical opioid on 24th May along Okene-Lokoja highway, Kogi state on his way from Onitsha, Anambra state to Minna, Niger state.
“In the same vein, two suspects: Surajo Adamu and Muhammad Ali were arrested on Friday with 379,200 tablets of Diazepam in Alimosho area of Lagos, while the Lagos International Airport Command of the Agency took custody of 22 cartons of Tramadol 225mg weighing 1,144.30 kg and 12 cartons of Tramadol 120mg with a total weight of 320kg, all containing 2, 317, 400 pills transferred to the Agency by the Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, on 25th May,” the agency said.
In other operations carried out across the country, NDLEA said in Delta State, its “operatives supported by men drawn from the Nigerian Army, NSCDC and the Police on 24th May raided the notorious Abbi town, Ndokwa West LGA where three suspects: Eunice Eneh, Animan Ifeoma and Chuks Webema Dennis were arrested with a total of 343.9kg cannabis recovered from them.
“A similar mop up operation in Bayelsa also led to the arrest of a wanted suspect, Ozoemena Egbochue at the Swali market in Yenagoa on 22nd May following the earlier arrest of his sales boy, Morgan Eredeowei with 11,748 pills of tramadol and diazepam,” the agency reported.
