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Leading other top officials of NDLEA, other security agencies and members of the public in the burning of heaps of the illicit drugs, Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) said the exercise is a strong message to drug barons and cartels that they’ll continue to lose their huge investments in the criminal trade if they fail to back out and look for other legitimate businesses.

The resident of 5, Nkanunta Street, Meniru, Awkunanaw, Enugu State was convicted on a two count charge of drug trafficking.

The ex-driver was arrested by the NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on June 27, 2022.

This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja Sunday by NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

Baba was charged by the National Drug Law enforcement Agency on four count in suit number FHC/L/112c/2022.

A Prosecutor with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Beatrice Igberaise, told the court that the accused committed the offence on January 22 in the Ojumose area of the Ekiti capital.

Augustine was a passenger of Ethiopian Airline that arrived Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that 9.953kilograms of cocaine and Methamphetamine were intercepted from the suspects.

A native of Nike in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu state, Gabriel was arrested on Friday 26th November during an outward clearance of Turkish Airline at the boarding screening area of the airport enroute Abuja-Istanbul-Madrid.

The woman, 46-year-old Adisa Afusat Olayinka, who lives in Ibafo, Ogun State and hails from Ilorin, in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State was arrested on Wednesday at the boarding screening area of the airport during an outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight 1418.

The suspect is said to hail from Obaha Okigwe Village, Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, and works as a miner in Liberia.

Amusat is charged on four counts of unlawful deal in Cocaine, Molly, Metaphetamine and Cannabis.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi.

The drugs were held inside the office of the Hawks special unit in the town of Port Shepstone in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend, the police announced on Tuesday.

The detainees were arrested by NDLEA operatives from two vessels, one of which had 32.9 kg of cocaine on board.

Okoli has been on court bail following his arrest in November 2020 and subsequent arraignment before a Lagos Federal High Court for attempting to export 15.700kgs of Methamphetamine to Australia. Series of investigations into recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to the UK led to the arrest of the drug dealer on Tuesday 2nd November, when he was caught with 78 parcels of Cannabis, concealed in black soap packs labelled as Dudu Osun, with a total weight of 12.250 kilograms heading to United Kingdom.

Beside the attachment order, the court also granted NDLEA’s request to detain the Master of the ship, Tanahan Krilerk.

The United States of America Department of Justice announced the development in a statement on Wednesday.

The convict, who was prosecuted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on one count of drug trafficking, and arraigned on Sept. 27, had pleaded guilty to the charge.

In Lagos, the notorious drug haven, Akala in Mushin area of the state was on Friday 15th October raided by a combined team of 70 NDLEA operatives and 30 soldiers in a joint operation code named ‘ Operation Still Waters.’ No less that 27 suspects were arrested while various drugs such as Cocaine, Heroin, Tramadol, Rohypnol and Cannabis, with a cumulative weight of 2,463.876 Kg were seized.