The first seizure occurred on Sunday, October 25, alongside Kudirat Abiola Way, Ikeja, the place officers recovered 537 kilograms of the substance from a white Volkswagen LT 28 bus.
Another 439 kilograms have been recovered the identical day from a brown J5 bus intercepted alongside the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway.
In Oyo State, two suspects, Oguntona Nasiru, 46, and Soji Balogun, 47, have been arrested on Thursday, October 29, whereas loading 554 kilograms of skunk right into a Volvo truck alongside Idere Road, Igboora.
The operation was reportedly a follow-up to an earlier raid concentrating on a infamous drug supplier recognized as Omo Oba, who escaped arrest on October 25 after NDLEA operatives seized 309.5 kilograms of Ghanaian Loud linked to him.
In Kano State, operatives raided a location within the Tsamiya space of Gezawa on October 26, recovering 247,500 tablets of diazepam weighing 57.7 kilograms and 100,000 tablets of Exol-5 weighing 38.7 kilograms.
Two days later, officers arrested Ziya’ulhaq Abdullahi, 35, and Garba Muhammed, 52, within the Dorayi space with 19,250 drugs of tramadol 225mg weighing 13.6 kilograms.
The company additionally reported the arrest of a lady, Aisha Isah, alongside the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway with 266 rounds of dwell AK-47 ammunition.
Similarly, a 68-year-old man, Ifeanyi Egwolonwu, was arrested at Gwargwaje, Zaria, alongside the Zaria-Kano Expressway.
He was allegedly discovered with 2,770 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 100 ampoules of diazepam injection, 11,000 tablets of diazepam and 4,500 tablets of Exol-5.
Another raid at Tashan Banke space of Kano State led to the arrest of seven suspects, together with Faisal Adamu, and the restoration of 178.85 kilograms of hashish, alongside portions of diazepam, tramadol, Exol-5 and pregabalin.
In Ondo State, 4 suspects, together with Bassey Okon, 24; Abraham Edet, 20; and Oto Udo, 24, have been arrested throughout a raid on hashish farms in Ijare Forest on October 25.
The operatives recovered 16 luggage of processed hashish weighing 180 kilograms.
In Edo State, NDLEA operatives, supported by troopers, raided Eko Camp in Ilushi, Esan South-East Local Government Area, on October 28.
During the operation, they destroyed a hashish plantation measuring 1.646 hectares, with an estimated yield of 4,115.53 kilograms.
A 50-year-old lady, Christiana Uboi, was arrested at the camp with 301 kilograms of processed hashish, whereas one other 176 kilograms have been recovered through the raid.
In Sokoto State, operatives of the company’s Zone 7 Command arrested a 68-year-old man, Ibrahim Ayuba, with 236.6 kilograms of skunk on Saturday, October 31.
Meanwhile, the NDLEA mentioned its instructions throughout the nation sustained their War Against Drug Abuse sensitisation campaigns in colleges, worship centres, workplaces and communities.
The company listed Obawole Grammar School II, Ojodu, Lagos; Nsukka High School, Enugu State; Government Technical College, Dorayi Babba Rijiyar Zaki, Kano State; and Ajagbe Comprehensive High School, Iperu, Ogun State, amongst establishments coated through the week.
Reacting to the arrests and seizures, NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), recommended officers of the company’s instructions in Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Ondo, Oyo and Edo states.
Marwa described the arrest of the 2 cocaine couriers at Abuja airport as a warning to Nigerians residing overseas who imagine their international residence might present cowl for drug trafficking.
He mentioned NDLEA operatives at the nation’s entry and exit factors remained vigilant, warning that there could be no hiding place for anybody who risked their lives and liberty by ingesting illicit medicine for cash.
The NDLEA chairman additionally urged officers to maintain the struggle in opposition to drug cartels and intensify drug demand discount efforts via continued sensitisation campaigns.
