NDLEA Operatives Raid Lagos Hotel, Intercepts Drug-Laced Cereal Shipments To Italy, Pakistan
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reportedly raided a hotel in Lagos, seizing consignments of drug-laced cereals destined for Pakistan and Italy. The agency also arrested dozens of suspects during coordinated sting operations across no fewer than ten states.
Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, in a statement on
Sunday, said NDLEA agents in a joint operation with aviation security
officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), at the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Wednesday, July
16, seized a stash of 7,790 pills of tramadol and rohypnol from one
Omoregie Nice Uyiosa, an outbound passenger on Turkish Airlines headed
to Italy via Istanbul.
He affirmed that Uyiosa admitted to purchasing the substances to sell them in Europe.
Babafemi explained that the next day, Thursday, July 17, NDLEA
operatives stationed at the airport’s export shed intercepted a bizarre
shipment: 17 parcels of skunk—a high-potency variant of
cannabis—weighing 1.70kg were found concealed in packs of cereal, headed
for Pakistan. One Chioba Robert Uchenna, who presented the cargo, was
promptly arrested.
The statement said, "Meanwhile, a major drug den masquerading as a
hospitality facility was busted in the Ogudu area of Lagos. NDLEA
stormed Sarah Sam Hotels, located at 115 Ogudu Road in Kosofe LGA, on
Saturday, July 19, following weeks of surveillance.
“The hotel, a 20-room family business, doubled as a distribution hub for
“party drugs” including 1.3kg of chocolate cannabis, 900g of
cannabis-laced gummies, and 22.9g of skunk. The primary suspect, Obayemi
Oyetade, was found with three vehicles and illicit substances stashed
in his room.
"In Kaduna State, three suspects—Onyeka Madu, Monday Nwadishi, and
Emmanuel Madu—were arrested the same day in Chikun LGA’s Narayi High
Cost area with a staggering 742.8kg of skunk and Colorado, a synthetic
cannabis strain.
"Further north, NDLEA officers on Wednesday, July 16, intercepted one
Lawan Rabiu along Danbatta-Kazaure road in Kano with 36,000 tramadol
pills.
"In Gombe State, the crackdown intensified with the arrest of Aliyu
Abubakar at Gombe roundabout on Friday, July 18, with 25,000 tablets of
tramadol and Exol-5. The same day, another duo—Mohammed Adamu and
Furaira Idris—was caught transporting 49 blocks of compressed skunk
weighing 29kg in Kwadom, Yemaltu Deba LGA.
"Along Baga road in Maiduguri, Borno State, NDLEA officers intercepted a
Mercedes-Benz C180 with plate number GUB 409 AA on Saturday, July 19.
Inside: 74,360 pills of opioids. Audu Modu, 44, was arrested.
"In Bayelsa, NDLEA agents busted a 63-year-old grandmother, Akuna
Nelson, in the Osiri area of Yenagoa with 163 litres of “skuchies”—a
deadly local cocktail of drugs mixed with alcohol.
"In Kogi State, four suspects—Ikechukwu Abugu, Sunday Ani, Chukwu
Christian, and Emmanuel Olisakwe—were nabbed along the Okene-Lokoja
highway with 2kg of methamphetamine. The suspects were en route from
Onitsha to Minna.
"Abia State also recorded a major hit. On Monday, July 14, NDLEA stormed
the home of notorious Aba drug dealer Nduka Obi, 39, at 4 Niger Street,
Ugwa Road. Officers recovered tramadol, cocaine, heroin,
methamphetamine, and N736,000 in cash.”
"In Enugu, Chisom Okpalaeke, 30, was caught on July 16 with 45,000
tramadol pills along the Onitsha–Enugu expressway. In Taraba, NDLEA
operatives apprehended Ngwokwoka Thomas and Mohammed Audu, both 44, with
10,000 tramadol caps and a gram of cannabis in Dan Anacha, Gassol LGA,” the statement added.
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