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NDLEA apprehends a pregnant woman with 1,442kg of illegal drugs.

During a raid by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Lagos, Eze Joy Chioma, a pregnant woman, was detained with 1,442 kg of imported skunk.

On Friday, December 27, 2021, operatives raided her store and residence in Lagos’ Ojo neighborhood, arresting the 27-year-old. In the same place, another suspect, Michael Oroke, was apprehended with 29kg of the illegal narcotic.

After raiding a hideaway in the Abule Egba region of the state on December 16, the agents also arrested Ezekwem Lawrence, Mohammed Aliyu, Suwidi Isiaku, and a 62-year-old Basset Emmanuel with 182,000 Tramadol 225mg tablets.

Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, revealed this in a statement on Sunday.

The statement read in part, “In similar raids across eight other states of Rivers, Kogi, Benue, Adamawa, Anambra, Edo, Ekiti and Ondo, over 4,000 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs were seized. On Saturday 18th Dec, during a routine stop and search exercise along Aba/Port Harcourt Expressway, by Obigbo, operatives intercepted a consignment of Tramadol in a commercial Toyota Hiace Bus, with a waybill addressed to one Shadrach Udechukwu. A follow-up operation led to Udechukwus arrest and different quantities of Heroin, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Cannabis Sativa, Tramadol, Exol-5, Swinol, and Diazepam recovered from him.

“In Kogi State, one Timi Sunday was arrested with 95.945kg of cannabis at Egba town, and Musa Sani with 10.5kg cannabis along Okene-Lokoja Highway, while Yaro Bala was arrested with 65kg cannabis on the same road.

“No fewer than 20,000 capsules of Tramadol coming from Onitsha, Anambra state were seized in Otukpo, Benue and a suspect arrested, while in Adamawa, a search operation in a house at Ajiya Street, Jimeta led to the arrest of a female suspect, Maryam Yunusa, with 16 pinches of Cocaine.

“A raid at Success line, Marine modern market, Onitsha led to the seizure of 234kg cannabis and a suspect arrested, while in Edo State, Francis Eferi was arrested in Okpuje, Owan West LGA with 481kg cannabis and Emmanuel Amu with 81kg cannabis at Sobe.

“In Ekiti, 1,420kg cannabis was recovered from Ara in Ikole LGA, while in Akure, Ondo State, operatives arrested one Mrs Grace Henry in her residence at Itamo Igoba, with 573kg cannabis. In other parts of the state, 450kg cannabis was seized along Ipele-Idoani Road, and 420.5kg cannabis at Ogkogu Camp, Ipele, both in Owo LGA.

“Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers and men of the nine state commands for their resilience and charged them not to relent.”

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