A 76-year-old grandfather, Osagie Robert has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Edo State, South-South Nigeria where a suspected fake security agent, Godwin Ilevbare, also known as Edwin Agbon was also arrested for importing drug chocolates and cookies from Canada into Nigeria to sell.
In a statement signed by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the septuagenarian popularly called Old Soldier was arrested on Friday in Egor, Oredo LGA of the State for dealing in Cannabis while Godwin was nabbed during a controlled delivery of a consignment shipped into Nigeria through a courier company. Soon after the suspect signed for the consignment, undercover operatives embedded in the courier firm arrested him at his apartment in Benin city on Tuesday.
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The consignment, which emanated from Canada, contains Colorado brand of Cannabis concealed inside chocolates and cookies weighing 6.491 kilogrammes while the drug cookies and chocolates weighed 5.566 kilogrammes and 0.383 kilogrammes respectively.
In a related development, a 48-year-old Iloduba Augustine, who was a passenger of Ethiopian airline that arrived at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was on new year eve arrested and placed on observation during which he confessed to have swallowed 58 pellets of cocaine out of which he excreted 48 pellets which were delivered to a Kenyan while on transit in Addis Ababa for a fee of N1 million.
Augustine said he continued his journey to Nigeria with the remaining 10 pellets in his stomach, which according to him, he intended to sell in Lagos. The wraps of cocaine were later excreted at 10:40am on New Year day.
In Niger State, North-Central Nigeria, 23-year-old Simon Richard, who is a 500 level student of the Department of Agric Economics and Extension at the Federal University of Technology, Minna was arrested at Gidan Kwano Talba Road, Minna with different quantities of Loud Cannabis and Tramadol on Thursday while in Benue State, also in North-Central Nigeria, a 21-year-old lady, Shidoo Ben was arrested with 14 pinches of crack cocaine at Jada Hotel, Otukpo on Friday.
She traveled from Abuja to sell the drugs in Benue State where she was arrested. This is even as a raid in Jigbele Lota camp, Owo area of Ondo State, South-West Nigeria led to the recovery of 598 kilogrammes of cannabis and the arrest of Chukwuemeka Azi on Thursday.
In Ogun State, also in South-West Nigeria, two suspects, Ajoke Samuel, 60, and Ogundairo Taye, 37, were arrested in Itaka and Odo Eran areas of Abeokuta North with different quantities of cannabis sativa, just as Ibrahim Adamu and Yahaya Mohammed were nabbed with 81 kilogrammes of cannabis along Ilorin-Jebba Highway on Tuesday.
And in Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria three siblings, namely, Emmanuel Ngyang Jajoang; Timothy Ngyang Jajoang and Markus Ngyang Jajoang were arrested on Thursday at Kwakwi village in Riyom LGA with different quantities of cannabis and a locally made pistol.
Similarly, two suspects, Sunny Daniel and Joseph Chukwube were arrested in different parts of Rivers State, South-South Nigeria with quantities of Methamphetamine; Heroin; Cannabis Sativa and Cocaine as well as N364,500 cash on Thursday.
In Delta State, also in South-South Nigeria, NDLEA operatives supported by soldiers on Wednesday raided a warehouse in Abbi town, Ndokwa West LGA, where two variants of cannabis; Loud and skunk weighing 56.5 kilogrammes believed to be imported from a neighbouring country as well as two suspects, Miss Lillian Echicheli and Collins Uzokwe were taken into custody.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
