NDLEA intercepts large consignment of illicit drugs in Ondo, Edo, FCT

NDLEA intercepts large consignment of illicit drugs in Ondo, Edo, FCT

DAILY POST

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted large quantities of illicit drugs and substances during raids carried out in Ondo, Edo and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the past week.

This is contained in a statement by NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja.

He said 227kg of hemp was recovered from Atoshi camp, Emure-Ile, Owo LGA, Ondo State.

Babafemi said that two suspects were arrested.

He also said that operatives in Edo, acting on intelligence on Feb. 14, intercepted a consignment of methamphetamine.

The consignment, Babafemi said, was from Onitsha in Anambra to Lagos, in a Toyota Sienna bus marked Anambra NZM 347 ZL.

He said that the meth consignment weighing 0.966kg was concealed inside a cassava made local food item, African salad popularly called “Abacha”.

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