The continuous move by the National Drug Enforcement Agency to eradicate substance abuse in the country continued in the last one week with renewed vigour as operatives made substantial seizures.
The seizures, in the last one week, showed that cannabis sativa hidden in a petrol station was seized by operatives.
According to available information, not less than 822 kilograms of cannabis sativa hidden in a fuel station located at Ashipa community along Badagry-Seme Road, Lagos State were recovered by operatives of the Seme Special Area Command of the NDLEA.
A suspect, Sani Audu, 35, was also arrested with 111.3kg of the same substance at Maigatari town in Jigawa State on January 23, 2024.
In Yobe State, two suspects: Mohammed Usman and Adamu Ma’azu, were arrested on January 27 with 49 blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 50kg at Damaturu motor park, Damaturu.
The duo of Paul Obor, 38, and Dennis Fuokorighe, 48, were arrested on January 24 at a Nigerian Navy checkpoint at Itobe, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State with 318 compressed blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 190.8kg.
The drug was concealed in a gold colour Honda Accord Car, marked: RBC 449AE.
The illicit substance was handed over to the Kogi State Command of the NDLEA on January 26 by men of the Nigeria Navy Ship, Lugard, Lokoja.
In Kano, a suspect, Shamwilu Idris, 29, was arrested at Gadar Tamburawa area on January 25 with 271kg cannabis following the seizure of an abandoned 28.1kg of same substance at Rijiyar Lemo area of the state on January 24.
Another suspect, Abubakar Haruna Salisu, 24, was nabbed at Kotun Wambai, Yan Awaki, area of Kano on January 26 with 600 bottles of codeine-based syrup, while a total of 1,306 blocks of cannabis weighing 886kg seized by the police at Kwanar Dangora, area of the state were transferred to the Agency on January 24.
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A total of 87 compressed blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 73kg as well as 21, 346 pills of tramadol and 3,800 tablets of diazepam were recovered from a suspect, Musa Galadima, on January 26 when his DAF truck marked GME 971 XD was intercepted at Lafiyawo, along Gombe-Bauchi Road by NDLEA operatives.
In Plateau State, Aminu Ubanta, 35, was nabbed on January 27 with 5.355kg cannabis at Layin Zana area of Jos.
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