Drug law agency raids ‘skuchies’ factory in Ibadan
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided a skuchies factory located in Moniya area of Ibadan, Oyo State where 76.6kg of cannabis sativa, 134 grams of tramadol, 93 grams of Rohypnol and 50 litres of already produced skuchies were recovered
Penpushing reports that Director of Media and Advocacy, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Femi Babafemi, confirmed this in a statement adding that the factory was been operated by a 28-year-old man.
The Director of Media in same vein disclosed in the statement that four suspects were also arrested in Ondo State at De–Rock View Hotel, Gadson Junction, off Ado-Ekiti Road, Igoba, Akure North with 524.5kg of cannabis.
‘Another suspect, Aniekeme Eyibio, 26, was also nabbed at Ala Forest, Akure North LGA where 293.5kg of the same psychoactive substance and a Dane gun were recovered from him’ Babafemi stated.
‘While 67-year-old Franklin Eze was arrested at Otuo, Owan East LGA, Edo state on Thursday, 11 January, with 454 blocks of cannabis, weighing 311kg loaded in his Lexus salon car marked EBM 812 AA, Abdullahi Shuaibu, 43, was nabbed by NDLEA operatives on Tuesday, 9 January, at Ayangba, Dekina LGA Kogi state with 43 blocks of compressed cannabis, weighing 22kg, and three pinches of methamphetamine,” the statement added.
Penpushing further reports that the agency said in Katsina State arrested a suspect, Danladi Adamu, aged said to be 24-year-old with 25.5kg cannabis sativa during a buy and bust operation at Kurmi Primary School in Malumfashi metropolis.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) recorded another feat in Gombe State with the arrest of Sulaiman Mohammed at Lapandimtai, Kaltungo, with 47 blocks of the same substance, weighing 30kg, concealed in two sacks of groundnut.
Penpushing also reports that Babafemi said the agency intercepted a large consignment of Canadian loud, an imported strong synthetic strain of cannabis, packaged in 324 bags, weighing 111.2 kilograms, in the Onikan area of Lagos Island while being conveyed for distribution in an unregistered grand caravan vehicle.
The statement said the vehicle conveying the cannabis was been driven a 42-year-old suspect, Taofeek Yusuf, explaining that his arrest came on the heels of the arrest of another drug trafficking suspect, Godwin ThankGod by officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
‘The Milan, Italy-bound Godwin was intercepted while attempting to board a Royal Air Maroc flight with quantities of codeine-based syrup and Rohypnol concealed in his luggage. The suspect, who is a regular flyer, was arrested during a search of his luggage at the departure gate of Terminal 2 of the airport. The search led to the discovery of five cartons consisting of 50 bottles of codeine syrup and 300 tablets of Rohypnol’, the statement added.
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