The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has intercepted large consignments of opioids and other illicit substances concealed in a truck conveying building materials in Taraba State, while also arresting a 75-year-old man in Ebonyi and four female drug suspects in separate operations across Edo, Imo, Kano and Gombe states.
This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja.
According to the agency, the Taraba interception followed credible intelligence that led operatives to a truck conveying building materials from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Jalingo.
“A thorough search of the vehicle by NDLEA operatives at the Nukkai Timber Shade, Jalingo, led to the discovery of a massive drug stash concealed beneath the cargo, while a 22-year-old suspect, Buhari Abdullahi, was promptly arrested,” the statement said.
Recovered from the truck were “320,840 capsules of tramadol; 600 ampoules of pentazocine injection; 4,500 pills of rohypnol; and 299 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup.”
In Ebonyi State, operatives arrested a 75-year-old man, Okebe Samuel, at Okposi, who was allegedly found with 300 grams of skunk.
“Demonstrating that age is no barrier to the enforcement of the law, NDLEA operatives in Ebonyi State tracked down and arrested a 75-year-old grandpa, Okebe Samuel, at Okposi. The septuagenarian was found in possession of 300 grams of skunk, which he sells in retail sachets to the youth in his community,” the agency said.
