…. NDLEA Uncovers Canadian Loud in children’s toy guitar; Colos production factory in Lekki
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has thwarted an attempt by a 44-year-old estate surveyor Adelaja Taiwo Adetayo to export 1.70 kilograms of skunk concealed in five jerry cans to the UK.
A statement by NDLEA spokesperson for Femi Babafemi on Sunday stated that the attempt was frustrated by NDLEA operatives at the export shed of the Lagos airport.
The cargo agent Mustapha Quddus Opeyemi who presented the consignment for export was initially arrested while a follow up operation led to the arrest of Adelaja at Ahmadiyya area of Lagos on Monday 9th February.
In Abuja, NDLEA operatives on Thursday 12th February intercepted a waybill package sent from Enugu containing children’s toy guitar.
A search of the guitar revealed that it was used to conceal two parcels of Canadian Loud, a strain of Cannabis, weighing 59.2grams. A follow-up operation led to the arrest of the owner of the consignment Henry Onuma at Dream City Estate, Life Camp.
In Lagos, NDLEA officers on Friday 13th February raided a 4-bedroom duplex at 2 Alexandria Terrace, Ikate-Elegushi, Lekki, used for the production and storage of Colorado, a synthetic cannabis.
The raid followed the seizure of 73 cartons of nitrous oxide at Iyare Motor Park, Ajah–Epe expressway, a consignment intended for Benin City, Edo State.
The driver of the vehicle moving the shipment, Amos Innocent was arrested while Victor Oyedeji was nabbed at the Lekki home where 13.2 kilograms of freshly produced Colos were recovered in addition to precursor chemicals.
A notorious female drug dealer in Ibadan, Oyo state, Oluwayemisi Bunmi, 45, was on Wednesday 11th February arrested at her enclave in Hope Alakia area of the state capital. Recovered from her include: 1.189kg Colos, skunk; 320grams of methamphetamine; monetary exhibit of ₦2,975,000 and two cars: a Navy blue Toyota Matrix car marked JJJ 629 FQ and a Sky blue Toyota Matrix car with registration number LND 602 AQ.
No fewer than 105,400 pills of tramadol were recovered from a suspect, Kamilu Abdullahi, 43, when his J5 vehicle marked DTM-765XA, was intercepted by NDLEA operatives
at Bode Saadu area of Kwara state on Thursday 12th February.
In Edo state, five suspects: Murtala Mohammed, 37; Abdulkadir Idris Mohammed, 29; Ufoma Edafe, 40; Anthony Aghati, 46; and Emmanuel Owalu Ekele, 39, were arrested on Saturday 14th February when NDLEA operatives raided the Yoruba Camp, Olumoye Forest, in Ovia North East LGA, where 563.5 kilograms of skunk were recovered.
