A sizable shipment of cocaine was found by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) agents hidden in the heads of imported dry stock fish headed for India.
According to a statement released on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, revealed that the illegal material was taken from a gang that distributes the shipment to several countries, particularly India.
According to NDLEA, the narcotics syndicate was dismantled as a result of information about their cross-border illegal activity.
“A search of the bags led to the recovery of Two Hundred and Thirty-Seven (237) wraps of cocaine buried in the heads of imported dry stock fish locally known as “Okporoko,”” the statement stated. 5.80 kilos is the gross weight of the cocaine pellets. Delhi, India was the intended destination for the shipment.
On Wednesday, March 25, NDLEA agents from the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) in Lagos conducted another operation when they stopped two illegal shipments that were being sent to the UK at a courier service.
1.9 kg of methamphetamine were discovered hidden in car filters in one of the shipments that came from Cotonou, Benin Republic; the second package contained 40 ampoules of morphine sulphate and nine ampoules of fentanyl.
The statement further revealed that on Thursday, March 26, agents from the Agency’s Special Operations Unit conducted a significant interdiction operation at the home of 46-year-old Omolade Abigail Jolayemi, the head of a known drug syndicate, at 13 Carter Street in Yaba, Lagos.
The statement emphasized, “We arrested her and her 31-year-old sales girl, Sarah Zainab Agbabiaka.” Ghana Loud, a variety of cannabis measuring 76.30 kg, was found in no fewer than 135 blocks. Omolade, often referred to as Iya Ghana, operates a drug distribution network between Ghana and Nigeria under the guise of a local fabric trader.
Additionally, on Thursday, March 26, during a special raid operation at Mosafuneto Camp, Erinmo Road, Efon-Alaaye, Ekiti State, NDLEA agents detained Oke Samuel, an 80-year-old grandfather.
“A total of 2.2 kg of skunk and 1.8 grams of methamphetamine were recovered from him, while 894.72 kg of the same psychoactive substance was seized from another suspect, Enuwa Kehinde Kingsley, 37, when an unfinished building was raided by NDLEA officers at Ogbese, in Akure North area of Ondo state, on the same day,” the NDLEA officers reported. On Tuesday, March 24, a raid operation in Pevi village, Guma LGA, Benue state, yielded at least 116.7 kg of skunk from a suspect, Saater Nyam, 35. On Monday, March 23, NDLEA agents in Edo state discovered a warehouse in Ekpoma town, Esan West LGA, which resulted in the arrest of a suspect, Felix Donald, 25, and the seizure of 33 bottles of codeine-based syrup.
On Tuesday, March 24, NDLEA operatives in Taraba State, acting on reliable information, stopped a truck with the license plate DUT 457 ZB that was transporting 100 blocks of compressed skunk, weighing 135 kg, from Garbachede to Gombe State. The vehicle was hidden in bags of animal feed.
In relation to the seizure, two suspects, Osama Mamuda, 21, and Auwal Umar, 22, were apprehended, the statement added.
The Chairman of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the officers and men of the Agency’s MMIA, SOU, DOGI, Ekiti, Ondo, Benue, Edo, and Taraba Commands for the arrests and seizures of the previous week while also praising their counterparts in all of the commands nationwide for attempting to strike a fair balance between their efforts to reduce drug supply and demand.
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