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NDLEA intercepts Indian Woman with 72 parcels of heroin in chocolate wraps at Kano airport
NDLEA intercepts Indian Woman with 72 parcels of heroin in chocolate wraps at Kano airport
By: Michael Mike
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a 42-year-old Indian woman, Ms. Neetu Neetu at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano with 72 parcels of factory sealed heroin in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates.
A statement by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday said the class A drug consignment weighing a total of 11 kilogrammes was recovered from Neetu’s luggage after a thorough search, following processed credible intelligence, during an inward
clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR1431 from Bangkok, Thailand via Vietnam and Doha at the arrival hall of the Kano airport on Friday 14th March 2025.
The arrest of Neetu signifies a growing attempt by drug trafficking organisations to hire white women and foreign nationals to move illicit drugs through the Nigerian borders, a bid that vigilant NDLEA operatives have consistently frustrated with the aid of modern technological tools and proactive intelligence, says Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) in his immediate reaction to Neetu’s arrest.
In another interdiction operation in Kano, NDLEA officers last Thursday arrested a 45-year-old suspect, Michael Ogundele with a 50-litre steel gas cylinder at Gadar Tamburawa, along Zaria- Kano road, following credible intelligence, welding tools were later used to cut the giant cylinder after which 50,000 pills of tramadol 225mg concealed in it were extracted.
Another suspect Sunday Ogar, 40, was nabbed at Gunduwawa area of Kano last Wednesday with 27 skunk, a strain of cannabis, a female suspect Khadijah Abdullahi, 40, was arrested with 424 bottles of codeine-based syrup at Lungun Bulala Yalwa area of the state last Tuesday.
In Lagos, the duo of Olumuyiwa Kolawole and Samod Adisa were nabbed with 67.5 kilogrammes skunk in Mushin just as 100.8 kilogrammes of same psychoactive substance was recovered from the store of two fleeing suspects in Anifowoshe area of Mushin while Isah Idris was arrested in Apapa with 4.5 kilogrammes skunk; 600 grammes of tramadol 225mg and 30 litres of codeine syrup last Tuesday. Another suspect, Yahaya Mohamed, was arrested same day in Ikotun area of the state with different quantities of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.
Across the country, NDLEA commands and formations continued to intensify their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy sensitization engagements in schools, markets, motor parts, work places and worship centres in the past week.
Meanwhile, the Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), while commending the officers and men of MAKIA, Lagos, and Kano commands of the agency for the arrests and seizures, noted the balance in drug supply and demand reduction efforts of all the formations nationwide, even as he charged them not to relent.
NDLEA intercepts Indian Woman with 72 parcels of heroin in chocolate wraps at Kano airport
NIDCOM, NAPTIP Calls on FG to Declare War on Human Trafficking
By: Michael Mike
Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has called for a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches against human trafficking in the country.
She made the declaration at a strategic meeting with the Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Hajia Binta Adamu Bello, at NiDCOM Headquarters in Abuja.
Dabiri-Erewa noted that while progress has been made, more needs to be done. She stressed the traffickers should be named and shamed while enforcing stricter penalties as a deterrent to other criminal actors.
She said NAPTIP cannot work alone and called for closer collaboration with NiDCOM, the National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), and other sister agencies, to curb the menace
Like NiDCOM, NAPTIP Chairman also pushed for more flexible policies and better funding to help NAPTIP to fully carry out its mandate against the menace.
The NiDCOM boss thanked the support of the First Lady Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), neighbouring governments, Nigerian Diaspora Communities, Wema bank and NGOs for helping to rescue and reintegrate trafficked victims.
She commended the NAPTIP DG for her dedication and pledged continued support
adding, “we will continue to do our best to save these young ones and encourage safe and regular pathways for migration”.
Bello thanked Dabiri-Erewa for NiDCOM’s support, especially in the recent rescue of 231 young Nigerians from Ghana. She agreed that tackling human trafficking requires joint action from government, society, and key stakeholders.
The Director General, NAPTIP, stressed the need for more awareness across all levels to highlight the dangers of trafficking,
She said “we rescued last week 19 girls all pregnant for one man in an estate in Abuja, received 9 girls from Cote D’ivoire, and other sordid stories to mention here.”
Recognising NiDCOM’s role in engaging with Nigerians in the diaspora, she expressed her commitment to strengthening the NiDCOM-NAPTIP relationship.
Bello assured that the Agency will continue to protect the rights and dignity of Nigerians against trafficking in persons.
NIDCOM, NAPTIP Calls on FG to Declare War on Human Trafficking
Bandits abduct four farmers in Zamfara
By: Zagazola Makama
Atleast four farmers were abducted by suspected bandits in Tudun Moriki, Zurmi Local Government Area of the state.
Security sources said the incident occurred on May 15 at about 12:00 p.m. while the victims were working on their farms.
Armed men stormed the farmlands and whisked away the victims to an unknown destination.
Security forces promptly mobilised to scene and launched a rescue operation, while efforts are ongoing to track and apprehend the suspects.
Bandits abduct four farmers in Zamfara
Three dead, 21 injured in Bama stampede during humanitarian cash distribution
By: Zagazola Makama
Three persons were confirmed dead and several others injured following a stampede during a humanitarian cash disbursement exercise organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and UNICEF in Bama, Borno State.
According to eye witnesses, the stampede occurred on May 15 at about 8:00 a.m. at Kasugula Primary School, one of the designated payment centres in Bama. Beneficiaries had gathered to receive a flat-rate cash assistance of N28,500.
The situation reportedly spiraled out of control as the crowd surged toward the school gate, resulting in a stampede.
Those who sustained injuries include Falmata Alhaji Modu, Falmata Modu, Tella Babagana Tujani, Bulama Yakime, Amina Mohammed, Mallam Akura, Fatima Bukar, Yagana Ibrahim, Fatima Mohammed, Fatima Abatcha, Zara Lawan, Inde Modu, and Aisha Abdullahi, all residents of Bama town. Bukar Labddo (60) of Bukar Tela Ward was pronounced dead on arrival at General Hospital Bama.
Hospital said that two additional victims later died while undergoing treatment in the hospital.
The sources said that reinforcement was immediately deployed to the scene to restore order and facilitate the evacuation of the injured to the hospital.
The deceased has been released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
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