He also said on the same day, operatives also intercepted along Abuja-Kaduna expressway 7,068 bottles of a new dangerous substance of abuse called ‘Akuskura’ meant for Kaduna, Zamfara, Gombe, Kano and Borno States.The following day, Saturday, August 13, 2022, 285 bottles of the NPS were recovered from a dealer, Abubakar Ahmad, along the same highway.
The NDLEA also said a major importer of Loud variant of cannabis from the United States, Abibu Afis Sola and a 63-year-old grandfather, who ships illicit substances to his daughter in Dubai, United Arab Emirates were arrested by NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, , Ikeja, Lagos.Abibu was arrested in connection with a 19.30kg Colorado consignment from Los Angeles, USA, which was intercepted on June 30 at the NAHCO cargo import shed of the Lagos Airport.