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Five dispatch riders caught with cocaine, other illicit substances in Abuja

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday apprehended five dispatch riders and a courier company owner for shipping cocaine, cannabis and other hard substances to suspected traffickers in Abuja.

The development was contained in a statement made available to WuzupNigeria by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

Babafemi disclosed that a day earlier, an abandoned motorcycle belonging to a courier company, Sky Port, was found to contain several pinches of crack cocaine (a.k.a Challie), and some envelopes of Arizona meant for delivery.

“Another online drug trafficker, Peter Nkejika was arrested on Monday 24th May 2021 following an arrest of a dispatch rider with some quantity of Loud, a highly psychoactive variant of cannabis. Each portion of loud costs N30, 000 and the rider was caught with 17 portions for delivery,” the statement revealed.

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Furthermore, two online drug transactions were intercepted on May 25, leading to the arrest of two other dispatch riders with some quantities of cocaine and Loud already packaged for delivery recovered from them.

“In all, five dispatch riders and a lady, Dolapo Benjamin who owns motorcycles involved in door to door distribution of drugs and drug-based edibles; cakes and brownies were arrested while six despatch motorcycles involved in door to door drug distribution were seized.

“Also seized from them were assorted drugs; Cocaine, Crack /Challie, Molly/ Ecstasy, Skunk, Brownies and Loud, which is the most expensive psychoactive variant of cannabis in town,” the NDLEA said.

Continuing, the statement added: “Operatives intercepted 30 compressed parcels of cannabis, heading to Ningi, Bauchi state, as well as Rohypnol and Tramadol meant for the FCT. The drugs weighing 105.5 kilograms were seized along Gwagwalada- Abuja road, in a luxury bus. Three persons were arrested in connection with the exhibits, while two more dispatch motorcycles were seized with some quantities of cocaine and cannabis on Saturday, May 29 as the raids across the FCT intensify.

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“Operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations (DOGI) of the agency have intercepted 445 grams of Methamphetamine going to New Zealand and concealed inside USB chargers and hair attachments, with another 450 grams of cannabis sativa going to UAE and concealed inside local soap containers at a courier company in Lagos.

“In the same vein, 125 grams of heroin concealed inside academic thesis books was seized at another firm while 2kg of cannabis sativa hidden inside tractor’s balloon was intercepted at another courier company also in Lagos.”

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Following the latest arrests and seizures, NDLEA Chairman, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.) has directed the FCT Command of the agency to immediately embark on stop and search of commercial dispatch riders across the nation’s capital city to curb the online drug trafficking trend in the FCT.

He also commended the Commander, Mohammed Malami Sokoto, his officers and men for the recent successes and sustaining the offensive against the latest trend in illicit drug trafficking in the nation’s seat of power.

The NDLEA boss also commended officers and men of DOGI for their vigilance and commitment to work,” the statement said.

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