Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted 380 rounds of military-grade ammunition in Kaduna State and arrested a couple linked to the possession of more than 1.2 tonnes of cannabis, the agency said on Sunday.
The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, stating that NDLEA operatives, while on patrol along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway at Jere on May 24, intercepted a 30-year-old suspect, Sunusi Musa, allegedly transporting 380 rounds of 7.62mm military-grade ammunition to Katsina State.
Babafemi disclosed that the suspect and the recovered ammunition had been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further investigation and action.
“In Kaduna, NDLEA operatives arrested a couple: Musa Sunday and Mercy Sunday, along with another suspect, Salomi Ezekiel, 38, following the seizure of 100 jumbo bags of skunk with a gross weight of 1,246 kilograms from their home at Gonin Gora area of Kaduna on Sunday, May 24,” he said.
In a separate operation in Kaduna, Babafemi said NDLEA officers arrested a couple, Musa Sunday and Mercy Sunday, alongside another suspect, Salomi Ezekiel, 38, after recovering 100 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 1,246 kilograms from their residence in the Gonin Gora area of the state.
Babafemi stated, “In another interdiction operation in the state, NDLEA officers on patrol along the Abuja-Kaduna highway by Jere, same day, intercepted a 30-year-old suspect, Sunusi Musa, with 380 rounds of military-grade ammunition, RLA 7.62mm, going to Katsina state.
The suspect and the exhibit have since been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further action. “
He added that the agency recorded the seizure of consignments of illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped from the Netherlands to Lagos.
Babafemi explained that the drugs, comprising three kilograms of ketamine and 199 grams of MDMA, popularly known as ecstasy, were discovered at a courier company in Lagos on May 26.
“NDLEA have uncovered consignments of high potency illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped to Lagos from the Netherlands.
“The illicit drug consignments, mainly: ketamine weighing 3kilograms and 199 grams of MDMA (Ecstasy) pills, which were carefully hidden in the water purifier machines, were discovered and seized at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday,” he said.
In Niger State, NDLEA operatives acting on intelligence raided a warehouse in Gidan Kukah, Bosso Local Government Area, where 457 kilograms of skunk were recovered on May 27.
A suspect, identified as 46-year-old Godwin Zakka, was subsequently arrested at his residence in the Gbeganu area of Minna in connection with the seizure.
Similarly, in Enugu State, the statement revealed that operatives on patrol along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway intercepted a commercial vehicle travelling to Taraba State on May 28.
A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 22,000 tramadol pills, 100 ampoules of pentazocine and 200 grams of bromazepam.
One suspect, James Maigari Wisdom, was arrested.
The agency noted that its commands and formations nationwide also sustained their war against drug abuse sensitisation campaigns through lectures and awareness programmes in schools, places of worship, workplaces and communities.
Commending officers involved in the operations, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.) praised personnel of the Kaduna, Niger and Enugu commands, as well as the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, for the arrests and seizures.
Marwa urged officers across the country to remain committed to both drug supply reduction efforts and public sensitisation campaigns against drug abuse.
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