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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arrested a 75-year-old grandpa, Jibril (surname withheld) with 7.5 kilogrammes of cannabis at Oke-asa village, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State during a raid.
The Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the agency also arrested a 70-year-old grandma, Tikwase (surname withheld) with 15.6 kilogramme of same substance on May 9 during an operation at Achusa and International Market road, Makurdi, Benue State.
Babafemi said the multi-billion naira consignments were loaded into two 40-foot container trucks and another 20-foot truck at a terminal at Abule-Osun, near the International Trade Fair complex before heading to a large warehouse at Abule-Ado, where NDLEA officers eventually arrested the suspects and recovered the opioid consignments.
Those arrested include the warehouse agent, drivers of the two trucks, while the third driver jumped off to escape arrest.
In the same vein, NDLEA operatives on May 7 arrested a suspect, Nwankwo (surname withheld) at Coker area of Lagos, where 100 litres of codeine syrup were recovered from him, while 60 litres of the same substance were seized from one Clinton (surname withheld) at the same area same day.
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