Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested five cross-border female drug traffickers at the Seme border while on their way back to Lagos from Ghana.
A statement by the NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi on Sunday stated that they were arrested by operatives of the special operations unit of the agency.
According to him, leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Olaribigbe Bashirat Feyisara has been under NDLEA radar before being tracked and arrested on Wednesday 21st August, 2024.
She was arrested along with other members of her gang: Abogun Fatimah Ladidi; Osibeluwo Tolulope Oluwaseun; Akanni Balikis Oluwatoyin and Ajetumobi Amudalat.
At the point of their arrest at the Seme border, a total of 14 packs of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, weighing a total of 6.97kg, were recovered from hidden parts of their bodies.
