Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have smashed two drug gangs operated by Chinese and Nigerians.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement he issued to newsmen on Sunday.
According to Babafemi, in a well-coordinated operation carried out by a Special Operations Unit of the Agency on November 21, 2024, the head of a cocaine distribution cartel, 42-year-old Ndive Maxwell Obinna, was arrested along with five of his associates at Ago Palace Way in Okota, Isolo, Lagos State.
A total of 2.412 kilograms of cocaine were recovered from them.
Other members of the drug trafficking organisation arrested along Obinna included
Okeke Gloria Ifeoma who is the syndicate’s stash keeper; Ikechebelu Emmanuel Chibuzor; Okorie Onyedikachi; Okonkwo Nnabugo Prince; and Okafor Blessing Anita.
Another drug syndicate operated by a Chinese man, 58-year-old Tianzhen Yen, alias Jacki, has been dismantled by NDLEA operatives following his arrest at his hotel in Ikeja area of Lagos State.
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Officers of the Seme Special Area Command of the Agency had on November 21 intercepted a 40-year-old suspect, Yakubu Emmanuel Mark, in a commercial bus going to Ghana at the Gbaji checkpoint along Badagry-Seme Expressway based on credible intelligence.
When he was searched, a total of 750grams of cocaine were found in his bag.
A swift follow up operation was organised to trace and arrest the kingpin behind the trans-border drug trafficking syndicate, who turned out to be Yen.
He was eventually traced to MC Hotel behind Alade Market, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.
When his hotel room was searched, 4.3grams of cocaine, a gram of methamphetamine, two electronic weighing scales, and Chinese National Identification Number Card among other exhibits were recovered, while he was arrested in the vicinity of the hotel.
