The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Amadu Garba, a one-legged Indian hemp dealer in Kebbi.
Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesman, announced this in a statement on Sunday.
According to Babafemi, Garba was arrested with six bags of cannabis weighing 67kg on July 16, in his house at Yawuri town, Kebbi State.
Babafemi also said that during a 100% search of a container at Tincan Port in Lagos, not less than 4.5kg of ‘Loud’ was concealed inside the door panels and trunk of an imported Toyota RAV 4 vehicle. The seizure was made on Sunday, 14th July from the container marked MSDU 5656394 from Canada.
Babafemi said two suspects, Dada Kole and Alaba Oladewusi, were arrested in connection with the seizure.
“In Abuja, two suspects, 60-year-old Ademola Elusakin and 34-year-old Nuhu Friday Adamu were arrested by NDLEA operatives on Monday, July 15 with 30.0kg of the same psychoactive substance along Kwali-Gwagwalada-Abuja expressway on their way from Lagos to Nasarawa state.
“Elusakin claimed he procured the consignment from Ghana via Lagos with Keffi, Nasarawa state as his final destination, where they were to supply illegal miners operating in the area.
“At least, 305 blocks of cannabis weighing 152.5kg were recovered from a suspect, Sale Bukar, 39, who was arrested at Geidam in Yobe state on Sunday 14th July while taking the illicit consignment to Diffa, in Niger Republic.
“ A suspect, Aham Regal Chinemeze, 43, was nabbed on Thursday July 18 with 60kg of same substance along Owerri – Onitsha expressway, Imo state, Adamu Abdullahi, 24, was arrested with 40.500kg on Wednesday 17th July along Obajana -Kabba expressway, Kogi state.
“The consignment was recovered from him in a commercial bus coming from Lagos enroute Kano.
“In Plateau state, a raid on the storehouse of a notorious drug dealer, Choji Gyang (aka Pararam) who is currently at large, at Rukuba road, Jos led to the recovery of 34 bags of cannabis weighing 312kg while his manager, Kelvin Onwutalu, 43, was arrested.
“Two suspects, Ifabiyi Johnson, 27, and Adeleke Musiliu, 54, were on Friday, July 19 arrested with different strains of cannabis sativa weighing 30.4kg during a raid in Osogbo, Osun state,” Babafemi said.
The NDLEA Spokesman said in Jigawa State, the trio of Tukur Yahaya, 55; Idris Haruna, 28; and Tanimu Umar, 29, were nabbed with 90 blocks of cannabis weighing 116.8kg at Roni junction, Kazaure LGA, on Friday, July 19 while on their way to supply the illicit drugs to their customers in Kazaure, Yankwashi and Katsina state.
Similarly, he added that the duo of Ibrahim Abdulkadir, 29, and Suleman Mohammed, 22, were arrested with 336 bottles of codeine syrup at Amingo, Kaduna, while Auwalu Hashimu, 35, was nabbed with 45 kilograms of cannabis along Zaria- Kano highway.
“Acting on credible intelligence, a team of NDLEA operatives backed by soldiers raided a mechanic workshop opposite Benin garage, Akure, Ondo state where they recovered a white Toyota Hilux Van with registration number EE 328 EKY loaded with 652 parcels of cannabis weighing 685kg.
“In Nasarawa state, 38kg of the same psychoactive substance and a locally made AK-47 rifle were recovered from the home of a suspect, Christopher Ombugadu, 32, in Akwanga during a raid on Sunday 14th July,” he said.
