The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that its operatives intercepted and arrested a Malaysian returnee who concealed methamphetamine in music speakers.
The agency said its operatives also intercepted multiple drug consignments and arrested several suspects involved in trafficking narcotics and a trans-border trafficker caught with over 8,000 ampoules of powerful opioids.
The NDLEA’s Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday. The Malaysian returnee, 41-year-old ex-convict Ndubuisi Udatu, also known as Richard, was arrested at a checkpoint in Namtari, along the Ngurore-Yola Road in Adamawa State, on Monday, April 7.
The NDLEA spokesperson said Udatu, a former inmate in Malaysia for drug-related offences, was caught with two large music speakers containing four parcels of methamphetamine weighing 2.7 kilograms.
According to Babafemi, the drugs were meant for distribution in Yola, Mubi, and across the border into Cameroon.
He added that the sum of ₦22,300 was also recovered from the suspect.
In a separate operation at the Nigeria-Cameroon border in Mfum, Cross River State, Babafemi said that NDLEA officers, in collaboration with Customs personnel, arrested 35-year-old Odoh Peter Ikechukwu.
He said Ikechukwu was found in possession of 8,740 ampoules of assorted opioids weighing a total of 395 kilograms.
The consignment included 1,080 ampoules of fentanyl injection, 2,160 of morphine sulphate, 3,010 of phenobarbital sulphate, 2,160 of pethidine, and 330 ampoules of midazolam.
In Kano, NDLEA operatives arrested 27-year-old Aliyu Ibrahim on Friday in the Bachirawa area.
According to Babafemi, Ibrahim was found with 20 ATM cards and 25,600 pills of tramadol (225mg and 250mg).
In a follow-up operation in Gwagwalada, FCT, Abuja, 48-year-old Gambo Lawan was apprehended at Wazobia motor park.
Babafemi said that Lawan’s arrest followed the seizure of 8,960 pills of tramadol earlier on April 7 along the Gwagwalada expressway.
Meanwhile, in Niger State, 124 kilograms of skunk, a potent strain of cannabis, was discovered on April 11, hidden in the boot of a Lexus vehicle with registration number KTU 54 CU.
The NDLEA spokesperson stated that the driver, 58-year-old Ademiluyi Adedapo Collins, was taken into custody along the Mokwa-Jebba Road.
