VIDEO: NDLEA seizes cocaine hidden in Saudi-bound religious books, arrests bandits’ drug supplier
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in 20 sets of religious books going to Saudi Arabia.
A statement released on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the cocaine consignment, consisting 20 parcels weighing 500 grams and buried in the pages of the religious books, were uncovered at a courier company in Lagos
He said operatives of the agency found the illicit drugs in an export cargos going to Saudi Arabia at the logistics firm.
Babafemi added that NDLEA officers also seized five parcels of loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 2.8 kilograms, hidden in a carton coming from the United States of America.
He said NDLEA agents on patrol along the Bichi-Kano route arrested Muhammad Mohammed, a 22-year-old bandit supplying illegal drugs, while travelling to Katsina with 277 ampoules of pentazocine injection strapped to his thigh and private area with Sellotape.
He was apprehended on April 13, and Mohammed Abdulrahman Abdulaziz, 43, another suspect, was apprehended thr same day in the Research Rimin Kebe neighbourhood of Nasarawa, Kano, with 30 kg of skunk, a cannabis strain, and 68 blocks of skunk.
“Not less than 557.2kg of skunk, 5.6kg of methamphetamine and 29.8 grams of heroin were recovered from a house along Major General Isaiah Allison Street, Opolo, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, where four suspects were arrested when NDLEA operatives raided the premises on Wednesday, 16th April,” the statement reads.
“During the operation, four individuals were taken into custody: Fidelis Ugbesla, 46; Sarimiye Tare Paul, 45; Roland Prosper, 34; and Sarimiye Suwa Kurtis, 46.
“The NDLEA also recorded other successful operations, which include the seizures of illicit drugs and the arrest of drug peddlers in Lagos, Kebbi, Anambra and Edo states.
“The agency’s social advocacy activities and the War Against Drug Abuse continue to sensitise students in schools, motor parks and markets across the country.
“The Chairman of NDLEA, Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), however, commended the efforts of officers in ensuring a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.”
