Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, Kaduna command, have arrested a male deaf and dumb suspect dealing in illicit substances in the Samaru area of Zaria, the state capital.
A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, says the time of the suspect’s arrest, 150 grams of cannabis were recovered from him while selling the psychoactive substance. Another suspect, Ibrahim Sani, 56, was also arrested in possession of 51 kilograms of the same substance in Tirkaniya area of the state.
In a related development, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, intercepted large consignments of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis sativa, smuggled into Lagos from Ghana loaded in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14, 524.8 kilograms.
‘’The three vehicles conveying jumbo bags of the psychoactive substance were trailed and intercepted at Ojuelegba area of Lagos in the early hours of Sunday 28th January 2024. In the process of blocking the vehicles, two of the drivers jumped off on motion while the third driver, 66-year-old Nasiru Ojomu, who works with wanted Akala, Mushin-based drug baron, Suleiman Jimoh (alias Olowo Idi Ogede, also known as Temo) was arrested.” Babafemi said
The NDLEA says in the last three years, its operatives have seized several shipments of the same psychoactive substance worth billions of Naira linked to Temo. The wanted drug lord has since gone into hiding while the Agency continues its manhunt for him.
In the same vein, NDLEA operatives on routine patrol around a warehouse sealed at Church Street, Idumota, Lagos by the Agency over an ongoing investigation on Thursday 1st February arrested three suspects: Joseph Joshua; Muhammed Adamu and Balarabe Musa who burgled the store and loaded 546,700 pills of tramadol and other opioids into a waiting yellow bus marked BDG 447 XD and an unregistered Suzuki minibus.
