The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a suspected drug baron, Chidi Olife, ten years after he escaped arrest for unlawful importation of 5.250kg of heroin, concealed in books, from Pakistan to Nigeria, since June 2010.
A statement by the agency said, the arrest was carried out by the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operations Unit of the agency in Lagos, following vital intelligence, a planned controlled delivery operation, which was coordinated and led by the Commander of the JTF, Adeniyi Olumuyiwa, a deputy commander of narcotics.
The Agency also noted that Olife’s arrest in Lagos, came just as operatives of the anti-drug agency in Adamawa State, nabbed an illicit drug dealer, Rabiu Imam on Friday, February 19, 2021, with Tramadol tablet 225mg weighing 45.4kg.
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The Adamawa State Commander of the NDLEA, Idris Bello, while briefing the Chairman of the agency, Brigadier General Buba Marwa (Retd) on Saturday, said other illicit drugs recovered from Imam include; Tramadol capsules 100mg, weighing 550grms; Diazepam tablet 850grms.
He said the drug trafficker was arrested in a house at Unguwan Madina, Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
An estimated street value of the seized drugs is being put at over N50 million.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
