Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized a consignment of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, concealed in a blanket, packed for export to the United Kingdom via the cargo hold of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos.
Two suspects: Adakole Sunday and Austin Balogun linked to the attempted export of the consignment to the United Kingdom were arrested shortly after NDLEA operatives discovered six packages of the psychoactive substance on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. A gross weight of 3.50 kilograms was concealed inside the blanket.
In his statement, Austin Balogun, who is the lead agent who hired Adakole, said he was paid N700,000 for transporting the cargo to the UK but spent part of the money to handle export duties and most of it to pay for an apartment.
At least two suspects: Joseph Oluwasegun Adewale and Biodun Adelakun were arrested in Igbo Olumo, Ikorodu area of Lagos, when NDLEA operatives raided their hideout in the community where seven litres of skuchies, a new psychoactive substance produced from blackcurrant, cannabis and opioids were found. Other items seized from the pair include: three locally manufactured double-barreled shotguns; one locally manufactured double-barreled pistol; one English-made pistol; one locally manufactured single-barreled shotgun; three cartridges and one spent 9mm cartridge as well as an iron-headed axe.
Another raid in Lagos on Sunday, January 19, led to the seizure of 47kg of skunk, a variety of cannabis, and 25.46kg of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, in the notorious Akala area of Mushin.
In Ekiti, a 26-year-old suspect, Adepoju Taiwo, was arrested by NDLEA officers on Thursday, January 23, with 1,950kg of Canadian hashish on Iworoko Road, Ilokun, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, while Auwal Sani was arrested by operatives on Monday, January 20, at Bode Saadu in Moro Local Government Area of ��Kwara State. A total of 50,000 225mg tramadol tablets weighing 36.56kg were found on him. A Nigerian, Abubakar Lami, 45, and two others, Abba Sani, 35, and Auwal Aliyu, 32, were arrested by NDLEA operatives in Gadar Tamburawa, Kano, while 13.1kg of skunk and 125 litres of "suck and die", the new psychoactive substance, were seized. In Gefen Kasa, Dawakin Kudu Council Area of Kano State, a cannabis plantation was discovered and destroyed by a team of NDLEA officers who arrested a suspect, Sabo Ali Muhammad, 45, linked to the farm. Meanwhile, across the country, NDLEA commands continued their fight against drug abuse, WADA, sensitization lectures and advocacy visits to places of worship, schools, workplaces, traditional rulers' palaces and communities over the past week. Examples include: WADA sensitization conference for students and staff of Children's Army Secondary School, Oyo, Oyo State; Government Day Secondary School, Gwadangwaji, Kebbi State; Government Day Secondary School, Suleja, Niger State; St. John Dominic Comprehensive College, Oron, Akwa Ibom State; District Junior College, Agege, Lagos; and residents of Pompomari community, Damaturu, Yobe State, among others.
While commending officers and men of the MMIA, Lagos, Kano, Kwara and Ekiti Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures made last week, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brigadier General. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) also commended his compatriots in all commands across the country for the intensification of AMA social support conferences and awareness-raising activities in every part of their areas of responsibility.
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