NDLEA ARREST DRUG TRAFFICKERS.

Arrests, Seizures Mark NDLEA's Exploits In Drug War The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is not resting on its oars in the war against drugs across States of the federation as operatives of the Agency, intercepted about 101 parcels of Cocaine concealed in eight children duvets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. A 52-year-old Brazilian returnee, Akudirinwa Hilary Uchenna who hails from Oru East Local Government area of Imo state who brought in the illicit drug into the country was arrested on Saturday 9th April at the D-Arrival Hall of the Lagos airport upon his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha aboard Qatar Airline flight, while the 101 parcels of the class A drug with a gross weight of 13.2 kilogram were recovered from his only check-in bag. During preliminary interview, Uchenna who claimed to be a carpenter confessed that he was to be paid N5million for trafficking the drug after successfully delivering the consignment in Lagos. In a related development, big pellets of skunk concealed in detergent containers were intercepted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu and 37-year-old South African returnee, Ezekwesili Afamefune from Awka south local government area of Anambra state brought in the consignment weighing 730grams aboard Ethiopian Airline flight from Johannesburg, South Africa via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In Edo state, a 24-year-old drug dealer Christian John was arrested by NDLEA operatives in Egbeta, Ovia North East LGA for selling assorted illicit drugs which include sachets of drugged Milo beverage, cannabis sativa, swinol and tramadol tablets, while in Zamfara state, one Chibuzor Uba, 30, was arrested with 1,955 capsules of pentazocine at Kaura Namoda area of Zamfara state. A cross-border drug trafficker, Stanley Chibuzor, 21, was also arrested by officers of the Marine Unit of NDLEA stationed at Oron beach, Oron, Akwa Ibom state. The suspect who hails from Ihiala, Anambra state was nabbed with 11,190 tablets of Tramadol during the outward clearance of passengers traveling to Cameroon. In Ondo state, a drug dealer who produces and sells skuchies, Oluwaseun Agboola, 25, was arrested at his Igoba, Second Gate, Akure residence where 73 bottles of skuchies weighing 77kg stocked in his kitchen were recovered. Skuchies are byusually a mixture of Tramadol, Cannabis sativa, Codeine, Black Currant (popularly called Zobo) and water. In Lagos, an early morning raid in Akala, Mushin area of the state on Saturday 9th April led to the seizure of 746.25 kilograms of cannabis. A statement signed by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja Femi Babafemi, noted that while commending the officers and men of the various commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) charged them and their colleagues across the country to remain focussed and abstain from acts capable of compromising or jeopardising the collective goal of ridding Nigeria of drug abuse and illicit drug.