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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) achieved a major success on New Year’s Day when operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos, intercepted a consignment of Colorado, a potent strain of cannabis, hidden in boxing kits imported from the United States of America.
In a statement issued by the spokesperson of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja.
The weeklong intelligence-led operation resulted in the arrest of 38-year-old Olorunfunmi Saheed Olakunle on Saturday, January 6th. Olakunle was identified as the distributor responsible for supplying this dangerous psychoactive substance to dealers across Lagos State. The intercepted consignment, weighing 1.80 kilograms, arrived in the country on January 1st, marked as boxing kits on an Egypt Airlines flight via Cairo.
Saheed confessed to delivering such shipments from his childhood friend, Sagir Salami, based in the United States.
In a parallel operation, NDLEA officers apprehended a 28-year-old female supplier of ammunition to bandits, Bilkisu Suleman, along Zaria-Kano expressway on January 3rd. She was found in possession of 249 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition concealed in her handbag. The arrest was part of a broader effort leading to the capture of twelve suspects across Kaduna, Lagos, Niger, Kogi, Kano, Borno, and Osun states.
Other notable seizures include 63 jumbo bags of Ghana Loud, a cannabis strain, weighing 2,104.2 kilograms, intercepted by military authorities at the Bonny camp cantonment in Lagos. In Niger state, NDLEA operatives intercepted a J5 bus carrying 23 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 219.5kg. Various other arrests were made in different states, underscoring the agency’s commitment to combatting drug-related crimes.
NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the vigilant efforts of officers across commands and emphasized the importance of sustaining efforts in drug demand reduction and supply reduction throughout the new year.
The NDLEA will continue its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) initiatives, including sensitization lectures in schools, communities, workplaces, and other strategic locations across the nation.