The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested three persons living with disabilities for alleged drug trafficking in separate operations across Anambra and Kwara states, the agency announced on Sunday.
In a statement by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the agency said operatives acting on intelligence tracked 60-year-old Romanus Nwabara to Akpaka Forest in Onitsha, Anambra State, where he was arrested with 250 grams of skunk packaged in retail sachets.
In a separate raid in Ogbunike, also in Anambra, officers arrested 25-year-old Amos Kenneth, another suspect living with a disability, with 160.3 grams of Tramadol, 80 pills of Diazepam, 38.23 grams of Exol-5, and 176.93 grams of skunk.
In Kwara State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Bode Saadu intercepted a commercial vehicle and discovered 6.3 kilograms of skunk concealed in a brown school bag belonging to a passenger identified as Usman Salisu, who is also living with a disability.
The agency’s most significant seizure came in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State, where operatives of NDLEA’s Special Operations Unit raided a mansion allegedly being used as a drug stash house. Officers recovered 4,000 parcels of “Loud,” a potent imported strain of cannabis, weighing 2,326 kilograms and estimated to have a street value of over N5.815 billion. Two Mercedes-Benz buses and designer packaging materials believed to be used for retail distribution were also seized.
In other operations, NDLEA officers arrested a suspect in Nasarawa State with 129 kilograms of skunk, while along the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi State, officers intercepted a commuter bus heading to Abuja and recovered 76 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 766 kilograms, arresting three suspects.
In Ijora Badia, Lagos, operatives raided a makeshift skuchies production facility, arresting two suspects and recovering 270 litres of the concoction along with 106 grams of Tramadol.
NDLEA Chairman Mohamed Buba Marwa praised officers for their commitment to reducing drug supply while sustaining public awareness campaigns against substance abuse.
