NDLEA arrests ex-military officer, fake soldier, others

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a an exstaff sergeant, Muffat Ekong, and one Frank Iredia Obamwonyi with 286.3kg of cannabis at Ogwashi Uku, Delta State, on their way to Enugu State.

The agency also arrested a suspected fake soldier, Adeyemi Segun Olamide, in Maiduguri, Borno State, with 650g of skunk.

Meanwhile, an Italy-bound woman, Mrs Nnadi Nora Chinyere, was caught with 100 wraps of heroin and two parcels of same substance at the departure hall of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.

The spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja, said Mrs Nnadi was arrested on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, during an outward clearance of passengers on a Qatar Airways flight to Florentine, Italy.

He further said operatives at the MMIA intercepted a United Kingdom-bound consignment of illicit drugs at the NAHCO export shed of the airport a week later.

He explained that, “Further investigation revealed the consignment contains 66.600kg of cannabis sativa; 1.600kg heroin and 1.450kg of cocaine with a combined weight of 69.65kg; all concealed inside cosmetics.

“Also, during a patrol operation along Akure-Owo road, a team of operatives from Owo Area Command of the agency intercepted a bus from Lagos enroute Owo to Ibilo, Kogi State, on 7th August and six parcels of skunk weighing 3.6kg; 30 pinches of crack cocaine weighing 87g and six sachets of Arizona weighing 265g were recovered. Two suspects were arrested in connection to the drugs.”

He also said the Benue State Command of the agency arrested an interstate trafficker, Eze Victor Ezenwanne, at Apir, near Makurdi, with 65.436kg of diazepam tablets.