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Marwa Vows To Dismantle Drug Cartel As NDLEA Operatives Recover 137.55kg Of Cocaine In Ondo, Nasarawa, Benue Raid

Marwa Vows To Dismantle Drug Cartel As NDLEA Operatives Recover 137.55kg Of Cocaine In Ondo, Nasarawa, Benue Raid


Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have launched fresh raids in Nasarawa, Benue and Ondo states where no fewer than 43 dealers and consumers of illicit substances were arrested.

137.55 kilograms of assorted drugs was also recovered during the ‘offensive action.’
Femi Baba Femi, Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency disclosed this to NAOSRE in a press statement.

According to the NDLEA spokesman, operatives in Nasarawa state were backed by a detachment of soldiers from 177 battalion of the Nigerian Army, Keffi.
The team raided notorious drug joints located in Kara Masaka, Ruwa Ruwa Uke, Abattoir at the border with FCT, Filing Bala, Masaka U- Turn and others for two consecutive days between August 5 and 6.

During the raids, at least 41 suspects were arrested and assorted drugs such as cocaine, cannabis sativa, cough syrup with codeine, rohypnol and tramadol with a total weight of 65.250kg recovered from them.

Cannabis plants planted by the drug dealers in the adjoining bushes were destroyed while all the stalls in the drug markets were dismantled and set ablaze.

In the same vein, operatives of the Ondo state command of the Agency in the early hours of Monday, 9th August, 2021 raided Odopetu area of Akure in Akure South local government area of the state capital, where a 44-year-old Mrs. Folake Ademola was arrested while her husband escaped arrest.

Recovered from their home include: 65.400kg of cannabis sativa; skunk – 500grams; loud- 16grams; Colorado- 34grams, bringing the total of drugs seized from them to 65.950 kilograms.

In Benue state, a 34-year-old Iornum Emmanuel was arrested at the NDLEA Aliade checkpoint on Sunday 8th August, 2021 with different quantities of assorted illicit drugs, which include; tramadol -500grams; diazepam- 1.5kg and exol 5- 7.9kg.

Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has commended the commanders, officers and men of the Nasarawa, Ondo and Benue state commands for their commitment to the goal of ridding the country of the menace of drug abuse and trafficking.

He charged them and their colleagues in other commands to continue on the offensive until the last drug cartel in Nigeria is dismantled.

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