NDLEA nabs grandpa, grandma for dealing in illicit drugs

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 75-year-old grandpa, Jibril Audu, with 7.5kg of cannabis at Oke-asa village, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, during a raid.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 75-year-old grandpa, Jibril Audu, with 7.5kg of cannabis at Oke-asa village, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, during a raid.Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 75-year-old grandpa, Jibril Audu, with 7.5kg of cannabis at Oke-asa village, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, during a raid.

The multi-billion naira consignments were loaded into two 40-ft container trucks and another 20-ft truck at the AML bonded terminal, Abule-Osun, near the International Trade Fair complex before heading to a large warehouse at Abule-Ado, where NDLEA officers eventually arrested the suspects. Also, about 37.5kg of Cannabis sativa loaded in a Toyota Camry car was recovered from another suspect, Adegbola Segun, 47, when the car was intercepted at the Mile 12 area of Lagos on Monday May 6.

In Edo State, NDLEA operatives on A, May 11, raided the Iguiye forest in Ovia North East Local Council where 11, 636.185kg cannabis was destroyed on three farms measuring 4.654,474 hectares, while additional 188kg of the same psychoactive substance was recovered and a suspect, Itah Nyong, was arrested during the overnight operation.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities.

Gunmen again struck at the weekend in Enugu and reportedly killed three police officers and an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps at separate checkpoints along the Enugu-Markurdi highway in Enugu State. Pressure has continued to mount on the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, to resign his appointment following the prolonged power outage that has crippled business activities in the North-East geo-political zone.A group, Yoruba World Congress Worldwide , has petitioned President Bola Tinubu over the delay in the burial of Nigeria’s flag designer, the late Taiwo Akinkunmi.

 

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