NDLEA Discovers Illicit Drug Consignment In Commercial Bus Engine, Arrests Two Grandfathers

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) agents intercepted an illicit drug shipment hidden in the engine compartment of an interstate commercial bus, just as two grandfathers were arrested for drug trafficking.

According to a statement issued on Sunday by the anti-narcotics agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, no less than 5.2 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa and opioids were discovered last Thursday.
NDLEA officers conducting a stop and search operation on the highway discovered the engine compartment of an interstate commercial bus labelled VDY 187 XA on the Gbongan-Ibadan road in Osun state.

He stated that Iorliam Dominic, 35, the bus driver who accepted responsibility for the concealment, has been detained for further investigation.

According to Babafemi, on Wednesday, a 26-year-old woman, Obasanmi Iyanu, who produces and distributes skuchies, was arrested during a raid on her hideout in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, during which at least 16.5 litres of the illicit substance, as well as various quantities of molly and cannabis, were recovered.

He stated that NDLEA agents in Borno state arrested two grandfathers, Mallam Mai Gemu Adam (70) and Yamama Musa (65), for drug trafficking.

He said they were arrested on Saturday along with 24-year-old Abubakar Ya’u and Babagana Ali, 28, in Maiduguri and Gamboru-Ngala respectively while 32,000 ampoules of tramadol injection were recovered from them.

He revealed that on the same day, operatives in neighbouring Yobe State at Geidam intercepted a Golf 3 salon car heading to Gagamari in Niger republic, where the occupant, Alhaji Mala Tijjani, 28, was to deliver 40 blocks of cannabis weighing 24.5 kilogrammes to another dealer, while 42 cartons containing 8,400 bottles of codeine syrup weighing 1,260 kilogrammes were recovered from a driver, Mutari Ya’u, 29, at Katsina road, Kaduna last Tuesday.

Nura Yusuf, 35, was arrested with 62 kilogrammes of cannabis in the Gadar Tamburawa area, where Abubakar Sani, 40, was also apprehended with 244 bottles of codeine syrup, and Mohammad Alkali, 28, was found with 49,800 tramadol pills along the Kano-Maiduguri road last Thursday.

NDLEA operatives in Lagos state last Wednesday arrested Aba Thomas at Igbo Elerin area of the state where 84 litres of skuchies, 1.1 litres of codeine syrup, 4 kilogrammes cannabis sativa, and 800 tablets of tramadol 225mg were seized from him.

Last Friday, NDLEA officers raided the notorious Karu abattoir drug joint in Abuja’s FCT, arresting eight suspects and recovering 51.3 kilogrammes of cannabis. Those arrested include: Buhari Muhammadu; Jamilu Muhammed; Abubakar Wappa; Yahaya Tasiu; Ezekiel Mulanda; Abba Haruna; Habibu Umar and Shamsu Lawali.

In Plateau state, two suspects, Pam Thomas, 45, and Stephen Nyam, 38, were arrested on Monday with cannabis weighing 611.428kg in Zawan, Jos South, while in Kogi state, NDLEA officers intercepted a commercial J5 bus travelling from Onitsha, Anambra state to Zaria, Kaduna state on Wednesday, March 6th along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja motorway, seizing a total of 8,580 tramadol and exol-5 pills from a suspect, Yusuf Abdullahi, 40.

Last Tuesday, operatives in Enugu state raided some locked-up shops at the new market in the Enugu metropolitan area, recovering 371.42 kilogrammes of cannabis and 9.49 grammes of methamphetamine.

NDLEA commands across the country balanced drug supply reduction operations with War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) advocacy campaigns in schools, markets, worship centres, and communities.

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