In a recent operation, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) apprehended Jennifer Iliya, a 28-year-old lady in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, for producing and distributing cakes infused with illicit drugs, particularly cannabis sativa. Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, revealed this in a statement on Sunday.
During Iliya’s arrest on Wednesday, a significant quantity of drugged cakes weighing 1.5kg was seized from her possession. Additionally, Josephine Odunu, a 20-year-old hair stylist, and Edesemi Ikporo, a 30-year-old dispatch rider, were arrested in Yenagoa on Sunday, March 10, for similar offenses.
Meanwhile, at the Lagos airport, NDLEA officers intercepted a passenger, Yahaya Danjuma Oturah, attempting to export 4,000 pills of tramadol 225mg to Malpensa, Italy, on an Ethiopian Airline flight. The drugs were concealed in women’s wear and granulated melon packed in the suspect’s backpack and another bag containing food items. Oturah confessed to being hired as a courier for €700 upon successful delivery of the consignment in Italy.
In another arrest, two suspects, Joseph Dadik, 47, and Bensha Yari, 32, were apprehended with 24,180 ampoules of pentazocine injection weighing 135.5 kilograms at Sabon Tasha, Kaduna. Additionally, Adamu Umar, 18, was nabbed with 20.700kg cannabis during a raid on his house in Shuware area of Mubi, Adamawa state.
Furthermore, NDLEA operatives seized 310.7kg cannabis during raids in parts of Mushin, Lagos state, and arrested suspects Tijani Wasiu and Suleiman Aisha. Stanley Chukwudi, 43, was arrested with 5,900 ampoules of pentazocine injection in the Sabon Gari area of Kano State. Additionally, a couple, Fredrick Odion, 53, and Gladys Odion, 52, were apprehended with 50kg of cannabis in Esan West LGA of Edo State.
Earlier in April, NDLEA operatives detained Chidinma Chinenye-Agbazue, a 35-year-old lady, for attempting to export 20 parcels of cannabis sativa weighing 10.70 kilogrammes concealed in African salad and dried vegetables to Doha, Qatar, through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.
