By Idris Shehu

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested 65-year-old Ramata Bola Adeyemo over alleged drug trafficking.

In a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, the suspect, a grandmother, was arrested on December 6 at Odunfa Street, Lagos Island LGA, Lagos.

The agency said 20.6 litres of codeine-based syrup were recovered from the suspect at the point of arrest.

Similarly, NDLEA arrested Egwu Phillip Inya, who allegedly showed up to collect 7.40 kg parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, which was concealed inside three units of pressure machines.

Babafemi said the suspect, who claimed to be a building engineer, was arrested on December 2 at the Okeyson motor park in Enugu.

“The consignments had arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos import shed on 29th November 2024,” the statement reads.

“Following credible intelligence, officers of the MMIA strategic command of the agency had monitored the shipment pass through clearing processes up to a logistics company’s warehouse outside the airport where it was to be collected by the consignee.

“The importer, however, changed the point of collection to Enugu at the last minute. As a result, NDLEA operatives in a follow-up operation in Enugu arrested Egwu when he showed up to collect the consignments.”

NDLEA also recovered at least 511,000 pills of tramadol from a Siena vehicle at Hildi, Askira Uba way in Adamawa on December 6.

Operatives on patrol saw the vehicle’s occupants make a detour after sighting the NDLEA team and, after a distance, abandoned the vehicle with the consignments after noticing they were being trailed.

“In Ekiti state, two suspects: Olanrewaju Alale, 48, and Babatunde Kayode Ijadahun, 55, were arrested along Ise- Emure road in a J5 bus marked EPE 958 XJ while transporting 108 jumbo bags of cannabis weighing 1, 323 kilograms to Owo, Ondo state from where they claimed the consignment will be moved to the North for distribution. Another suspect, Adekunle Yusuf, 33, was nabbed by NDLEA operatives with 704 kilograms of the same psychoactive substance, concealed in white sacks on Friday 6th December at Idere road, Igboora, Oyo state,” the statement reads.

“Also arrested in Lagos was Alhaji Lawan Manga, who was picked at Ogundana Street, Ikeja on Thursday 5th December, while 4.7kg cannabis and 1.3kg tramadol were recovered from him.”

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