NDLEA drug raids of recent.

 

By Abdullahi Zainab Jumai U18MM2027 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) shared breakthroughs it had in recent raids and investigation it conducted Spokesperson for the Agency, Femi Babafemi released a statement today, September 24, disclosing hard drugs they intercepted in Abuja-bound loads of Nitrous Oxide ‘laughing gas’, skunk, codeine syrup, methamphetamine and other hard drug consignments around the nation. The statement read: Over four tons of illicit and controlled drugs including consignments of nitrous oxide popularly known as laughing gas, skunk, codeine syrup, methamphetamine and tramadol have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, during interdiction operations in Lagos, Kogi, FCT, Jigawa, Kaduna, Sokoto and Edo states. No fewer than 1,194 cylinders of laughing gas with a total weight of 2,547.2 kilograms loaded in two Toyota Sienna buses were on Friday 22nd September intercepted by NDLEA operatives along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway. Two suspects: Onyebuchi Ikpozu and Kenneth Igwe who were taking the consignments to the nation’s Federal Capital Territory for distribution have been arrested and taken into custody. While one of the Toyota Sienna buses marked KTU 582 HV was conveying 99 cartons containing 594 cylinders weighing 1,267.200kgs, the second bus with registration number FKJ 329 YA was conveying 100 cartons of the substance with 600 cylinders weighing 1,280kgs. A 48-year-old woman, Mrs. Ugo Eluba was also arrested in Abuja in a follow up operation after 2,400 ampules of pentazocine injection and 100,000 tablets of Exol-5 intercepted in Kogi state were traced to her. In the FCT, operatives intercepted 977 kilograms of skunk on Wednesday 20th September in a trailer marked LSR 343 XW, bearing cartons of maggi. The skunk consignment was loaded into the truck at Ipele junction. Watch video below 👇...
Location: 810106, Samaru, Kaduna, Nigeria

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2023 at 8:58 PM

    There's need to sesitise the youth on the effect of taken hard drugs.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2023 at 9:11 PM

    This is interesting.
    Thank you for sharing

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2023 at 9:15 PM

    Interesting

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2023 at 10:05 PM

    Thanks for sharing,,,but government supposed to provide a program that can show people the effects of taking drugs

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2023 at 9:08 AM

    What happen to the drugs after seizure?

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2023 at 6:40 AM

    Interesting

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2023 at 2:02 PM

    Interesting

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2023 at 2:15 PM

    The drug market keeps booming despite measures taken to curb it

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2023 at 2:17 PM

    Kudos to the NDLEA operatives, no room for those trying to kill our future generations.

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