Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a trans-border trafficker, Emeka Okoro and another drug dealer, Ibrahim Bello, in Abuja by with cocaine weighing 1.1kg, having a combined street value of N264m.
Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said on Wednesday in Abuja that while Okoro was intercepted with 900grammes of cocaine in a commercial bus along Abuja-Gwagwalada road on Monday 26 April, 2021 based on intelligence, Bello was nabbed with 200grammes of the illicit drug in Zuba area of the FCT, same day through a controlled delivery operation.
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Babafemi quoted the Commander, FCT Command of the agency, Mohammed Malami Sokoto, as saying that Okoro was an intending traveler to Libya through Kano and Agadez in Niger Republic, with wraps of cocaine weighing 900 grammes while the other seizure of 200 grammes was equally made following intelligence on the 26 April, 2021.
“The wraps of cocaine were not to be swallowed as has always been the case, but to be concealed in Jerry cans of palm oil and transported through the border in Kano to Agadez and Libya. The suspect, Emeka Okoro revealed that this has been the trend in the past months,” Sokoto said.
Meanwhile, the Kogi state command of the agency has seized 157.5kg of skunk concealed in false panels in a Peugeot J5 bus with registration number Lagos AGL 641 XW while a 43-year-old suspect, Christian Godwin was arrested.
According to the Commander, Kogi State Command of the agency, Adewunmi Alfred, the suspect and his consignment were intercepted at a patrol point in Lokoja, the state capital.
“The skunk was sourced from Ikire in Osun state and heading to Masaka in Nasarawa State before our men arrested the suspect, seized the illicit drug and the vehicle used to convey it on Monday 26th April, 2021,” Alfred said.
Reacting to the development, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended officers and men of the FCT and Kogi states commands of the agency for their vigilance and commitment to the task of ridding the country of illicit drugs.
Marwa said, “These seizures and arrests in FCT and Kogi point to the fact that we’ll continue to disrupt and dismantle the drug supply networks of these unconscionable elements and deny them the benefit of their illegal trade.”
