The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested multiple suspects and recovered large quantities of illicit drugs in Lagos, Borno, Kaduna, Jigawa, Edo, and Osun states. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, disclosed the operations in a statement issued Sunday in Abuja. On April 30, a 65-year-old driver was arrested at the Ile-Ife toll gate on the Ibadan/Ilesha Expressway in Osun with seven kg of skunk and 15 grams of methamphetamine in a vehicle registered as LES 114 AG. The consignment's owner was later arrested in Ilesha. On April 29, a 27-year-old man was arrested on the Damaturu-Maiduguri Road in Borno, where 76,440 Tramadol (225mg) pills were seized. Another truck driver was intercepted in Borno with 14,000 Tramadol capsules; the owner was arrested in Biu. On May 2, 393 blocks of compressed skunk, weighing 290kg, were recovered from two suspects in a Honda Ridgeline (KSF 65 EQ) on the Abuja/Jos Highway in Kaduna. On May 1, 49,800 Tramadol capsules were seized from two suspects on Bauchi Road in Hadejia, Jigawa. In Lagos, 740kg of skunk was recovered during a raid at Awolowo Market, Mushin, on May 2. In Edo, a suspect was arrested on April 30 in Idogbo community with 57 grams of Loud, three grams of Colorado, eight grams of Tramadol, three grams of Swinol, and five grams of methamphetamine. NDLEA Chairman Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa commended officers in Borno, Kaduna, Jigawa, Oyo, Osun, and Lagos for their role in the operations and urged continued efforts in drug supply reduction and WADA sensitisation.
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