The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) reported the interception of approximately 900,000 opioid pills in the Sabon Gari area of Kano State.
According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, two suspects were apprehended on April 9 in connection with this seizure.
Additionally, a 48-year-old suspect was arrested in the Essit Ebum area of Calabar on the same day with 39.4kg of cannabis sativa. NDLEA operatives also intercepted a logistics truck bearing registration number JGB 403XB on the Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo, where they discovered 230 blocks of cannabis sativa, weighing 119kg and concealed beneath household items.
Furthermore, 252 kilograms of cannabis were seized during a raid at the Ijesa-Isu forest in Ekiti on Saturday. In another operation, suspects were caught loading 40kg of the same substance into the engine compartment of a gas truck at Agho village, Owan-East in Edo.
Babafemi said that the suspects were caught loading 40kg of same substance to the engine compartment of a gas truck at Agho village, Owan-East in Edo.
“Two motorcycles used in conveying the consignment to where the gas truck heading to the North was parked were also recovered,” he said.
The NDLEA spokesperson further stated that a suspect was arrested on Friday with 79kg of cannabis at Imeko area of Ogun.
He said that an 18-year-old was equally nabbed with 410kg of the same substance when NDLEA operatives raided Obatedo camp, Itaogbolu forest in Akure North Local Government area of Ondo state.
“With the same zeal, the various commands of the agency across the country continued with the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) advocacy campaign in the past week,” he said.
According to him, some of them include: WADA sensitisation lecture for students and staff members of Gboko Polytechnic, Gboko, Benue, officers and men of 15 Engineering Field Regiment Nigerian Army, Topo, Badagry, Lagos.
Others, he said, were meat butchers at Odo Eran abattoir, Osogbo, Osun and WADA advocacy visit to Kogi Governor, Ahmed Ododo, among others.