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NDLEA arrests ex-convict with shipment of codeine, diazepam in Ilorin
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended an ex-convict, Martins Ejiofor, with 24.450 kilograms consignment of illicit drugs.
The 31-year-old was arrested with another suspected peddler, Bala Mohammed.
NDLEA Director Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made the statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
Babafemi said the drugs intercepted were meant to be delivered to Gwada in Shiroro Local Government of Niger.
According to him, drugs seized from the suspects include codeine — 7.100kilogrammes, Diazepam — 6.400kilogrammes and Exol 5 — 10.950kilogrammes.
The director said that the state’s NDLEA Command’s Highway Patrol Team along Okolowo (Ilorin) – Jebba highway intercepted the consignment in a bus on June 5.
He said that Martins Ejiofor, one of the suspects, had traveled to Lagos with the second suspect to procure the drugs and deliver to dealers in Gwada.
“During interrogation, he confessed that he had been arrested with more than 50 kilograms of cannabis Sativa and charged to court by the Niger command of the agency in 2020.
“He completed his one-year jail term in March and resumed his nefarious illicit drug business,” he said.
In another development, the operatives of the Delta command of the agency also arrested 20-year old Chukwujeku Lucky at Ogwashi Uku, Delta, with multiple drugs weighing 38.90 kilograms on June 4.
Babafemi quoted the Chairman, NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa as commending the commanders, officers and men of both Kwara and Delta commands for the arrests and seizures.
He said that the development would, in no small measure, reduce the availability of illicit substances available to bandits and other criminal elements who take them as enhancers.
NAN
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