Over 190 kilograms of Cocaine, Heroin, and Skuchies have been recovered from an 80-year-old woman suspected drug dealer Mrs. Mary Adebayo, her 19-year-old granddaughter, Funmilola Adebayo and two other ladies by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Ondo state.
Other assorted illicit drugs recovered from the family include, methamphetamine, tramadol and swinol.
The Agency’s Director Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, explained that following intelligence-based raids and follow-up operations on suspects’ locations on Sunday 2nd May 2021, the octogenarian, her granddaughter, and two other ladies; Tessy Matthew and Blessing Adesida were arrested.
The grandma and her granddaughter were arrested at 6:30 am on Sunday at Ayeyemi Street, Akure South local government area.
During the early morning raid, the following were recovered from them: Skuchies- 149kg, cocaine-11grammes, methamphetamine-17grammes, heroin-3grammes, cannabis Sativa- 4.914kg, swinol – 8grammes and tramadol -49grammes. Also recovered from them were two deep freezers and a TVS motorcycle.
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Femi added that on the same date, at about 1:30 pm, a raid carried out at Rate Hotel, Care Street, in Akure South LGA led to the arrest of 25-year-old Tessy Mathew from whom 33kilogrammes of skuchies were recovered. Following her preliminary interrogation, a follow up operation was immediately carried out, leading to the arrest of 25-year-old Blessing Adesida in Oshinle area of Akure South LGA. Recovered from her include skuchies-3kg and cannabis-7grammes.
In a video provided by the NDLEA, both Funmilayo and her grandmother denied knowledge of the assorted illicit drugs found in their possession during interrogation.
Other members of the two drug cartels have been watch-listed and efforts to arrest them are ongoing as directed by Chairman of the Agency Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (Rtd).
The NDLEA in Adamawa state also arrested a 58-year-old Victor Chinedu Anwanya, and 47-year-old Femi Abiodun, with 80 blocks of compressed cannabis Sativa weighing 76kilogrammes, concealed in three white sacks tucked in the booth of a Toyota Avalon car with registration number: LAGOS DC 997 FST.
The duo was arrested on Monday 3rd May 2021 at about 6 am in Mayo Belwa town, Mayo Belwa LGA, Adamawa State. The statement stated that Anwanya and Abiodun conveyed the illicit substance from Auchi in Edo State.
Also recovered from the suspects was a fake Police Warrant Card bearing the name of Chinedu Anwanya with the rank of a DSP.
(Editor: Abaje Usekwe)
