Officials from the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA seized a shipment of Indian hemp and other psychoactive drugs concealed within the engine compartment of a commercial bus.
The agency’s spokesperson, Mr. Femi Babafemi, announced on Sunday in Abuja that the interception occurred on Thursday along the Gbongan-Ibadan Road in Osun State, with the drugs weighing at least 5.2kg.
The 35-year-old bus driver, who admitted to the concealment was apprehended for further investigation.
“On Wednesday, a 26-year-old lady, who produces and distributes “skuchies’’ was arrested in Osogbo, during a raid on her hideout.
“At least, 16.5 litres of skuchies and different quantities of molly and Indian hemp were recovered from her during the raid,’’ Babafemi stated.
Molly acts both as a stimulant and hallucinogen, producing an energising effect, distortions in time and perception, and enhanced enjoyment of tactile experiences.
Babafemi disclosed that NDLEA operatives arrested a 70-year-old grandfather, and a 65-year-old man in Borno on Saturday for drug trafficking.
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They were arrested in Maiduguri and Gamboru-Ngala respectively alongside a 24-year-old and a 28-year-old while 32,000 ampoules of tramadol injection were recovered from them.
“Also on Saturday, NDLEA operatives at Geidam in Yobe intercepted a Volkswagen Golf 3 car heading to Gagamari in the Niger Republic.
“The 28-year-old driver was to deliver 40 blocks of Indian hemp weighing 24.5kg to a dealer.
“Forty-two cartons, containing 8,400 bottles of codeine syrup weighing 1,260kg were also recovered from a 29-year-old driver, on Katsina Road, Kaduna on Tuesday, March 5.
“In Kano State, a 35-year-old was arrested for being in possession of 62kg of Indian hemp at Gadar Tamburawa area, where a 40-year-old was also nabbed with 244 bottles of codeine syrup,’’ he stated.
Babafemi added that NDLEA operatives also arrested a 28-year-old man on Kano-Maiduguri Road on Thursday with 49,800 pills of tramadol.
“In Lagos State, NDLEA operatives arrested a man at Igbo Elerin area on Wednesday and seized 84 litres of “skuchies’’, 1.1 litres of codeine syrup, 4kg of Indian hemp and 800 tablets of tramadol from him,’’ he said.
The NDLEA spokesman also stated that operatives arrested at least eight suspects on Friday when they raided the notorious Karu abattoir drug joint in the FCT.
The operatives recovered 51.3kg of Indian hemp in the raid.
In Plateau, two suspects, aged 45 years and 38 years were arrested on Monday, March 4 at Zawan, in Jos South Local Government Area while in possession of Indian hemp weighing 611.438kg.
NDLEA officers intercepted a Zaria, Kaduna State-bound commercial bus coming from Onitsha, while 8,580 pills of tramadol and exol-5were found on a 40-year-old suspect on Okene-Lokoja-Abuja Expressway in the outgone week.
“In Enugu, operatives raided some lockup shops at New Market on March 5 and seized 371.42kg Indian hemp and 9.49g of methamphetamine,’’ Babafemi also stated.
He added that the NDLEA chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, commended its officers in Borno, Kogi, Kaduna, Kano, Osun, Lagos, Plateau, Enugu, Yobe and FCT for jobs well done in the outgone week.
Marwa charged the officers and their colleagues in other formations nationwide not to rest on their oars as they continued to intensify their drug demand and supply reduction activities.
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