The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Sunday said it has intercepted two drug consignments consisting of ecstasy and skunk going to United Arab Emirate.( UAE).
The Agency ‘s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement in Abuja .
He said the interception was made by NDLEA officers attached to courier companies.
According to him, the pills of ecstasy were concealed in a gold colour wedding gown, while the skunk was hidden in a micro controller.
The NDLEA also arrested a 400-level Marine Engineering student at the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa state, Kelvin Ogenedoro, for dealing in 600grams of skunk.
The spokesman i said that the suspect was arrested at the university’s gate in a follow-up operation following the interception of the consignment in a commercial bus along Tombia-Amassoma road.
Meanwhile, a notorious drug dealer, Ishaku Emzor (aka Lalas) in Adamawa state who was convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in 2010 for drug offences, was on Thursday 20th April arrested for drug dealing.
He was arrested at Hayin Gada, Imburu Numan LGA where he went to supply 1.650kg cannabis to an undercover operative.
Babafemi said “His Yellow Press Cub motorcycle used for supplying illicit drugs was recovered from him at the point of arrest.
“Also, a cash of N78,120 suspected to be proceed of the illegal business were also seized from him.
“On the same day in Kaduna, operatives acting on credible intelligence intercepted a truck conveying 110 bags and 200 compressed blocks of cannabis sativa in Zaria.
“The drugs were weighing 1,223kg while the truck driver, Adekunle Olanrewaju, 32, and his assistant, Tunde Jamiu, 20, were arrested”
