Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 380 rounds of military-grade ammunition in Kaduna State and arrested a couple linked to the possession of more than 1.2 tonnes of cannabis in separate operations across the country.
The agency disclosed this on Sunday through its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who said the ammunition was recovered during a patrol operation along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway at Jere on May 24.
According to him, a 30-year-old suspect, identified as Sunusi Musa, was intercepted while allegedly transporting 380 rounds of 7.62mm military-grade ammunition to Katsina State. The suspect and the recovered ammunition have since been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further investigation and action.
In another operation in Kaduna State, NDLEA officers arrested a couple, Musa Sunday and Mercy Sunday, alongside a third suspect, Salomi Ezekiel, 38, after recovering 100 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 1,246 kilograms from their residence in the Gonin Gora area.
Babafemi said the arrests were part of the agency’s intensified crackdown on drug trafficking and other criminal activities across the country.
The agency also recorded a major seizure in Lagos, where operatives uncovered consignments of illicit drugs concealed inside water purifier machines shipped from the Netherlands.
The drugs, which included three kilograms of ketamine and 199 grams of MDMA, popularly known as ecstasy, were discovered at a courier company in Lagos on May 26.
According to the NDLEA spokesman, the traffickers had carefully hidden the substances inside the machines in an attempt to evade detection.
In Niger State, NDLEA operatives acting on intelligence raided a warehouse located in Gidan Kukah, Bosso Local Government Area, where they recovered 457 kilograms of skunk on May 27.
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A 46-year-old suspect, Godwin Zakka, was later arrested at his residence in the Gbeganu area of Minna in connection with the seizure.
Similarly, in Enugu State, NDLEA officers intercepted a commercial vehicle travelling to Taraba State along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway on May 28.
A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 22,000 tramadol pills, 100 ampoules of pentazocine and 200 grams of bromazepam. One suspect, James Maigari Wisdom, was arrested during the operation.
The agency noted that its commands and formations across the country had continued to intensify public sensitisation campaigns against drug abuse through awareness programmes in schools, places of worship, workplaces and communities.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), commended officers involved in the operations and praised the Kaduna, Niger and Enugu commands, as well as the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, for the successful arrests and seizures.
Marwa urged NDLEA personnel nationwide to sustain the momentum in the agency’s efforts to reduce drug trafficking and combat substance abuse across Nigeria.
