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Auto Parts Dealer, Businesswoman Arrested Over UK-bound Opioids, Cocaine
Auto Parts Dealer, Businesswoman Arrested Over UK-bound Opioids, Cocaine
By: Michael Mike
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an Ibadan-based businesswoman, Mrs. Adewunmi Adebola and an auto parts dealer, Arinze Ora over attempts to export consignments of opioids and cocaine to London, United Kingdom and Congo Brazzaville respectively.
A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said officers of the anti-narcotics agency at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos had on Friday 6th September 2024 intercepted a cargo going to the United Kingdom, adding that a thorough search of the consignment revealed 924 bottles of codeine-based syrup weighing 135.7 kilogrammes and 5,250 tablets of rohypnol were hidden in cartons of foodstuffs.
Babafemi said the freight agent, Owojori Olanrewaju who presented the cargo for export was promptly arrested, with further investigation leading to the arrest of another suspect, Adewunmi Akeem , who claimed that his mother, 58-year-old Mrs. Adewunmi Adebola sent the consignment to him from Ibadan to deliver to the agent.
The spokesman said a follow up operation on Saturday 7th September led to the arrest of Mrs. Adewunmi in Ibadan where she deals in foodstuffs and cargo export.
In his statement, Owojori confessed that he has been working for Mrs. Adewunmi to export cargoes to the UK, adding that he was paid N2,411,000.00 for the job, while he was paid N2.1 million for a similar consignment handled for the businesswoman earlier.
In the same vein, NDLEA operatives at the same export shed of the Lagos airport last Wednesday intercepted some cartons of auto spare parts and powder custard going to Congo Brazzaville on Ethiopian Airlines. A diligent search of the cargo led to the discovery of 300 grammes of cocaine concealed in the containers of checkers powder custard packed together with some auto parts.
Babafemi said a follow up operation led to the arrest of the sender of the consignment, Arinze Ora, who deals in auto parts at the Trade Fair Auto Parts Wing, Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos.
Operatives of a Special Operations Unit of NDLEA last Tuesday arrested two brothers: Ikechukwu Ikeabba and Ugochukwu Ikeabba who are alleged sponsors of drug traffickers who specialise in exporting drugs by ingestion to Vietnam.
The NDLEA spokesman said their arrest followed diligent investigation of an earlier arrest of an Onitsha-based businessman, Ibeanusi Nosike, who excreted 68 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.282 kilogrammes after 12 days of excretion observation after he was arrested at the local wing of the Lagos airport by NDLEA operatives.
Babafemi said the 36-year-old Ibeanusi was arrested in the early hours of Thursday, 8th August 2024 at the old domestic terminal of the Lagos airport while attempting to board the first flight out of Lagos to Abuja where he was scheduled to join a Qatar Airways flight to Vietnam at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 10am same day.
He said another Vietnam-bound businessman, 54-year-old Paul Mbadugha had been arrested by NDLEA operatives at the Abuja airport on Monday 12th August 2024 during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR 1432 to Hanoi, Vietnam via Doha after he tested positive to ingestion of cocaine. He noted that after four days under observation, Mbadugha egested a total of 88 wraps of the illicit drug with a gross weight of 1.71 kilogrammes.
He said at the time of the arrest of the two kingpins, the Ikeabba brothers, they were caught with 87 wraps of cocaine dummies used in training intending mules.
Babafemi said in Gombe state, NDLEA operatives acting on credible intelligence last Saturday arrested three suspects: Auwal Abdullahi, Isah Rabiu and Abubakar Da’u along Bauchi-Gombe road while travelling in a DAF truck marked GME 552 ZU. A search of the vehicle led to the seizure 2,490,000 pills of tramadol concealed with bags of salt.
He said a suspect, Idris Adamu, 23, was arrested with 41.5 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa at Kachia town, Kaduna state last Tuesday while two suspects: Godiya Jikuk, 36, and Yusuf Umaru, 65, were nabbed at Isinbode -Ekiti, Ekiti state with a total of 73.6 kilogrammes cannabis last Wednesday.
In Bauchi state, no fewer than 208,920 pills of tramadol and diazepam were seized from a suspect, Chinedu Asadu, 35, last Thursday while 104 kilogrammes of cannabis was recovered from two suspects: Abba Abdullahi and Mustapha Yahaya along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway last Tuesday by operatives in Lagos state.
He added that not less than 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup were discovered by NDLEA operatives in two containers shipped from India during a joint examination of the containers with men of Customs Service and other security agencies at the Tincan port in Lagos last Tuesday, starting that the containers were part of those targeted by NDLEA for 100 percent examination.
Babafemi said with the same vigour, commands and formations of the agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week.
While commending the officers and men of the Special Operations Unit, MMIA, Tincan, Lagos, Gombe, Kaduna, Bauchi, and Ekiti commands of the agency for the arrests and seizures, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd) stated that their operational successes and those of their compatriots across the country are well appreciated.
He however urged them to continue to intensify ongoing drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
Auto Parts Dealer, Businesswoman Arrested Over UK-bound Opioids, Cocaine
NDLEA Arrests Chinese Woman Over Drug Smuggling, Seizes N2.1bn Opioids at Lagos Airport
By: Zagazola Makama
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 63-year-old Chinese national, Ting Hung Kiong, for allegedly attempting to smuggle a large consignment of illicit drugs into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The agency also announced the seizure of opioid consignments valued at over N2.1 billion, alongside multiple arrests and recoveries made in coordinated anti-narcotics operations across the country.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, the suspect, who reportedly naturalised in Malaysia, was arrested on May 17 upon arrival in Lagos from Thailand via Dubai aboard an Emirates Airline flight.
Babafemi said the suspect was intercepted by NDLEA operatives at the Terminal 2 Arrival Hall of the Lagos airport with two large travel boxes containing 31 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect travelled from Malaysia to Thailand before proceeding to Nigeria through the United Arab Emirates.
The suspect reportedly told investigators that she worked as a caregiver in Malaysia and that her daughter sponsored her trip.
“She disclosed that she spent two weeks in Thailand before she was handed the illicit consignment at the airport to deliver in Nigeria,” the statement said.
In another major operation, NDLEA operatives recovered 1,825,710 tablets of Tapentadol 250mg worth N2.19 billion at the import shed of the Lagos airport.
The consignment, which arrived from India aboard an Emirates Cargo flight, was handed over to the NDLEA by the Nigeria Customs Service after a period of surveillance and monitoring.
The anti-drug agency also recorded arrests at airports in Enugu and Abuja.
At the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, operatives intercepted one Onyeka Valentine Emeka on May 20 during the inward clearance of passengers arriving from Sierra Leone through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The suspect was subsequently placed under observation and later excreted 185.36 grams of cocaine.
Similarly, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, NDLEA operatives arrested a 29-year-old building engineer, Babatunde Prosper Afekhide, while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Milan, Italy, through Addis Ababa.
A search of his luggage led to the recovery of 10,280 pills of Tramaking 225mg, Tramadol 200mg and Tapentadol 250mg concealed in foil papers and hidden inside a carton within a suitcase.
The agency also intercepted illicit drug consignments at a courier company in Lagos, including 1,174 pills of MDMA, popularly known as Ecstasy, concealed in a bicycle luggage carrier bound for the Netherlands.
Other seizures included 66 pills of Tramadol 225mg hidden inside a soap container destined for the United States and 18 tablets of Tramadol concealed in a body cream container heading to the United Kingdom.
In Edo State, NDLEA operatives raided Igwe community in Owan East Local Government Area where they recovered 59 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 489 kilograms, alongside nine kilograms of cannabis seeds.
In Kano State, operatives arrested a suspect identified as Isah Sani along the Zaria-Kano road with 196,000 pills of Exol-5.
At the Seme border area of Lagos State, officers recovered 59 kilograms of skunk from a warehouse in Mowo, Badagry.
Another major seizure was recorded in Ekiti State where operatives raided a warehouse in Ikole-Ekiti and recovered 1,116 kilograms of skunk, while a suspect identified as Ogundana Adebayo Julius, 54, was arrested in connection with the seizure.
The NDLEA said it also sustained its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation campaigns across schools and communities in states including Oyo, Anambra, Katsina, Lagos, Enugu, Ekiti and Kano.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended officers involved in the operations and urged personnel across commands to sustain the momentum in ongoing anti-drug campaigns and enforcement activities nationwide.
NDLEA Arrests Chinese Woman Over Drug Smuggling, Seizes N2.1bn Opioids at Lagos Airport
NDLEA Arrests Chinese Woman Over Drug Smuggling, Seizes N2.1bn Opioids at Lagos Airport
By: Zagazola Makama
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 63-year-old Chinese national, Ting Hung Kiong, for allegedly attempting to smuggle a large consignment of illicit drugs into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The agency also announced the seizure of opioid consignments valued at over N2.1 billion, alongside multiple arrests and recoveries made in coordinated anti-narcotics operations across the country.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, the suspect, who reportedly naturalised in Malaysia, was arrested on May 17 upon arrival in Lagos from Thailand via Dubai aboard an Emirates Airline flight.
Babafemi said the suspect was intercepted by NDLEA operatives at the Terminal 2 Arrival Hall of the Lagos airport with two large travel boxes containing 31 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect travelled from Malaysia to Thailand before proceeding to Nigeria through the United Arab Emirates.
The suspect reportedly told investigators that she worked as a caregiver in Malaysia and that her daughter sponsored her trip.
“She disclosed that she spent two weeks in Thailand before she was handed the illicit consignment at the airport to deliver in Nigeria,” the statement said.
In another major operation, NDLEA operatives recovered 1,825,710 tablets of Tapentadol 250mg worth N2.19 billion at the import shed of the Lagos airport.
The consignment, which arrived from India aboard an Emirates Cargo flight, was handed over to the NDLEA by the Nigeria Customs Service after a period of surveillance and monitoring.
The anti-drug agency also recorded arrests at airports in Enugu and Abuja.
At the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, operatives intercepted one Onyeka Valentine Emeka on May 20 during the inward clearance of passengers arriving from Sierra Leone through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The suspect was subsequently placed under observation and later excreted 185.36 grams of cocaine.
Similarly, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, NDLEA operatives arrested a 29-year-old building engineer, Babatunde Prosper Afekhide, while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Milan, Italy, through Addis Ababa.
A search of his luggage led to the recovery of 10,280 pills of Tramaking 225mg, Tramadol 200mg and Tapentadol 250mg concealed in foil papers and hidden inside a carton within a suitcase.
The agency also intercepted illicit drug consignments at a courier company in Lagos, including 1,174 pills of MDMA, popularly known as Ecstasy, concealed in a bicycle luggage carrier bound for the Netherlands.
Other seizures included 66 pills of Tramadol 225mg hidden inside a soap container destined for the United States and 18 tablets of Tramadol concealed in a body cream container heading to the United Kingdom.
In Edo State, NDLEA operatives raided Igwe community in Owan East Local Government Area where they recovered 59 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 489 kilograms, alongside nine kilograms of cannabis seeds.
In Kano State, operatives arrested a suspect identified as Isah Sani along the Zaria-Kano road with 196,000 pills of Exol-5.
At the Seme border area of Lagos State, officers recovered 59 kilograms of skunk from a warehouse in Mowo, Badagry.
Another major seizure was recorded in Ekiti State where operatives raided a warehouse in Ikole-Ekiti and recovered 1,116 kilograms of skunk, while a suspect identified as Ogundana Adebayo Julius, 54, was arrested in connection with the seizure.
The NDLEA said it also sustained its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation campaigns across schools and communities in states including Oyo, Anambra, Katsina, Lagos, Enugu, Ekiti and Kano.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended officers involved in the operations and urged personnel across commands to sustain the momentum in ongoing anti-drug campaigns and enforcement activities nationwide.
NDLEA Arrests Chinese Woman Over Drug Smuggling, Seizes N2.1bn Opioids at Lagos Airport
Police Arrest Suspect Over False Banditry Alarm on TikTok in Ogun
By: Zagazola Makama
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspect for allegedly spreading false information on social media claiming that bandits had invaded Atan Ota area of the state.
Police sources disclosed that the incident was reported on May 23 by one Ayinla Sodiq of Obasanjo Ota, who came to the station alongside the suspect, identified as Kowi Oloyede of Orita Sokoto Road, Atan Ota.
According to the report, Ayinla alleged that the suspect created and circulated a fake news content on TikTok falsely claiming the presence of bandits in Atan Ota community.
The sources said the Divisional Police Officer immediately interviewed the suspect following the complaint.
During interrogation, the suspect reportedly confessed to creating the misleading content in order to gain followers and attract attention on social media platforms.
Police authorities said photographs and video evidence linked to the fake publication were obtained during the preliminary investigation.
The suspect is expected to be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Abeokuta, for further discreet investigation.
The Police Command warned against the spread of false information capable of causing panic, fear and public disorder, urging residents to verify information before sharing it on social media platforms.
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