The National Agency for the Application of the Drug Law, Ndlea, has intensified its repression against drug trafficking unions with a series of significant arrests that cover multiple states and international routes.
Among the detainees are an entrepreneur with headquarters in Lekki and a logistics agent linked to Italy, both trapped in separate drug smuggling operations.
In Lagos, Ndlea agents arrested Arokodare Damil Ebenezer, the owner of Damillionz, for his alleged participation in the importation of 60 noisy plots, a high -power cannabis strain, of the United States. The illicit consignment, hidden in seven large cartons, was intercepted in a logistics company in Lagos on March 12. Acting on Intelligence, Ndlea officers arrested Ebenezer at Bay Lounge at Admiralty Way, Lekki, on March 24, while waiting for the delivery of the shipment.
A subsequent search for his residence produced additional 94 grams of noisy, a cannabis crusher and other drug -related paraphernalia, which raised the total weight of drugs seized at 32.24 kilograms. According to Ndlea spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Ebenezer allegedly admitted to having participated in drug trafficking since 2017.
In a separate operation at Metala Muhammed International Airport, NDLEA officials intercepted Omoruyi Terry, a businessman who tried to smuggle 1,400 tramadol pills (225 mg) who weighed 800 grams to Italy. Omoruyi was arrested at the detection point of Terminal 2 while preparing to board a Qatar Airways flight. The investigations revealed that it often travels to Italy and operates as a logistics agent.
Meanwhile, in the state of Katsina, an operation led by intelligence in the village of Godai, the area of the local Government of Daura, led to the arrest of four suspects: Baraka Abubakar, Haruna Alitine, Muhammad Babangida and Hamisu Lawal. The Ndlea operations confiscated 684 compressed multipurpose blocks that weighed 423 kilograms and 86,000 Diazepam tablets. Three of the suspects were trapped by dispaturing drugs, while Baraka was found with large amounts of a mockery stored in his residence.