Three weeks after escaping arrest in his home in Anguwan Makera, Kuta, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, a notorious supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in the area, 33-year-old Mohammed Sani, alias Gamboli, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at his hideout.
Following credible intelligence about his illicit drug activities, NDLEA operatives had on November 20, 2025 raided his house.
In the house, the operatives recovered 471.8 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis.
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Though he escaped arrest during the raid and has since been in hiding, the manhunt for Sani eventually paid off on December 11, 2025 when NDLEA officers acting on processed intelligence traced and arrested him at one of his drug joints in Anguwan Fadama, Kuta.
Intelligence reports had indicated that Sani is a major supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in Shiroro LGA.
