All of the agents were tasked by General Marwa to remain dedicated to the organization’s objective of freeing Nigeria from the menace of drug abuse and trafficking in illegal substances.
Two consignments of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis imported from abroad and weighing a combined 5,344.1 kilos, were intercepted by NDLEA agents along the Epe-Lekki highway and at Alfa Beach in the Lekki neighborhood of Lagos state.
Based on reliable intelligence, NDLEA agents set up a trap for a white truck traveling along the Epe-Lekki expressway early on Monday, June 19, carrying 50 huge bags of the illegal material weighing 2,434.1kg. However, after the anti-narcotics officers successfully demobilized the truck carrying the drug exhibits, the truck driver leapt off and fled in a security hilux van escorting the truck.
A boat carrying the same imported drug, weighing 2,910kg, was intercepted the next day, Tuesday the 20th, near Alfa Beach by agents of the Agency’s Marine Command acting on intelligence. When two Ghanaians, Monday Saba, 30, and Hakeem Kwana, 27, were discovered with the shipments, they were immediately taken into custody.
Meanwhile, in Niger State, two suspects, Abubakar Mohammed, 32, and Nuhu Sale, 43, were detained on Sunday, June 18 along the Abuja Expressway in Suleja with 31 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 517kg, while Amina Alilu, 30, was detained on Wednesday, June 21 at Ogbogodo village in Dekina LGA, Kogi state, with 171kg of the substance.
On June 22, NDLEA agents detained Ogedegbe Dorcas, 34, who was thought to be a fake female security agent, along with 30 kg of cannabis in Ilorin, Kwara State. On June 24, NDLEA agents detained Segun Olajide, 42, in Oyo State, along with 49.2 kg of the same drug in Oyo town.
In the early hours of Monday, June 19, agents from Edo state stormed the Ekudo Forest in the Uhunmwode LGA, where they destroyed a cannabis farm measuring 2.494863 hectares, recovered processed marijuana weighing 67kg, and detained six suspects: Onyeka Onyedinma, Monday Onyedi, Alex Eboh, Edosa Imariagbe, Godbless Tunde, and Godstime Osarobo.
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, charged them and their compatriots across other formations to remain committed to the corporate goal of ridding Nigeria of the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking while praising the officers and men of the Lagos, Kogi, Niger, Kwara, Oyo, Edo, and Marine Commands for stopping more than five tons of illicit substances from entering the country in the past week.
All of the agents were tasked by General Marwa to remain devoted to the organization’s objective of freeing Nigeria from the menace of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
Two consignments of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis smuggled from abroad and weighing a total of 5,344.1 kilograms, were intercepted by NDLEA agents along the Epe-Lekki highway and at Alfa Beach in the Lekki neighborhood of Lagos state.
Based on reliable intelligence, NDLEA agents set up a trap for a white truck traveling along the Epe-Lekki expressway early on Monday, June 19th, carrying 50 jumbo bags of the illegal drug totalling 2,434.1kg. However, after the anti-narcotics officers successfully demobilized the truck transporting the drug exhibits, the truck driver leapt off and fled in a security hilux van escorting the truck.
A boat carrying the same imported drug, weighing 2,910kg, was intercepted the next day, Tuesday the 20th, around Alfa Beach by agents of the Agency’s Marine Command acting on intelligence. When two Ghanaians, Monday Saba, 30, and Hakeem Kwana, 27, were discovered with the shipments, they were swiftly detained.
Abubakar Mohammed, 32, and Nuhu Sale, 43, were detained on Sunday, June 18 along the Abuja expressway in Suleja with 31 jumbo bags of skunk totaling 517kg, while Amina Alilu, 30, was detained on Wednesday, June 21 at Ogbogodo village in Kogi state with 171kg of the substance.
On June 22, NDLEA agents detained Ogedegbe Dorcas, 34, who was thought to be a fake female security agent, along with 30 kg of cannabis in Ilorin, Kwara State. On June 24, NDLEA agents detained Segun Olajide, 42, in Oyo State, along with 49.2 kg of the same substance in Oyo town.
In the early hours of Monday, June 19, agents from Edo state stormed the Ekudo forest in the Uhunmwode LGA, where they destroyed a cannabis farm measuring 2.494863 hectares, recovered processed marijuana weighing 67kg, and detained six suspects: Onyeka Onyedinma, Monday Onyedi, Alex Eboh, Edosa Imariagbe, Godbless Tunde, and Godstime Osarobo.
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, charged them and their compatriots across other formations to remain committed to the corporate goal of ridding Nigeria of the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking while praising the officers and men of the Lagos, Kogi, Niger, Kwara, Oyo, Edo, and Marine Commands for preventing over five tons of illicit substances from entering the country in the past week.
