The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a fuel truck and three other vehicles loaded with 246 bags of skunk, a potent strain of cannabis, along the Suleja-Kaduna Road in Niger.
NDLEA’s Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
He said the seizure, which took place on May 7, had a combined weight of 3,047 kilograms. Four suspects were arrested in connection with the drugs.
“Apart from the fuel truck (registration number ABJ 693 XU), three other vehicles were impounded:
“A Honda Odyssey bus (YAB 667 CZ), Gulf bus (GWA 125 TQ) and Honda Odyssey bus (ABJ 230 CN).
“At Oja Amukoko in the Ijora area of Lagos, NDLEA operatives arrested two suspects, on Thursday.
“Recovered from them were 109,914 pills of tramadol, swinol, and nitrazepam.
“In Kaduna State, on May 6, NDLEA operatives recovered 52.5kg of skunk from two suspects, during a stop-and-search operation in Gwantu, Sanga Local Government Area.
“In Kwara, along the Bode Saadu–Jebba expressway, operatives arrested a suspect on Monday, May 5, with 45,400 pills of 225mg tramadol.
In Bauchi State, officers patrolling the Bauchi–Gombe road on, May 6, intercepted a Toyota Tundra jeep (RBC 111 DW).
“Inside were 526 blocks of skunk weighing 505kg with two suspects.”
He said NDLEA operatives also raided a hideout in Rijiyar Zaki, Kano State, and recovered 31 kegs containing 775 litres of codeine syrup, and detained two.
“On May 6, NDLEA officers intercepted 1.1kg of Loud, a highly potent strain of cannabis, at a courier company in Lagos.
“The consignment had been concealed inside a pillow and originated from Thailand.”
He said NDLEA Chairman, Brig.- Gen. Buba Marwa(Rtd), praised officers from the Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Kwara, and Niger State Commands for their outstanding efforts in the week’s operations.
He also commended all NDLEA commands nationwide for maintaining a balance between drug supply reduction and demand reduction strategies..(NAN)
