In a separate operation on the Lagos airport on Wednesday, October 21, NDLEA operatives arrested Anetor Gloria Ubong, a 62-year-old realtor based mostly in Richmond, Texas, who holds Nigerian and United States passports.
The suspect was arrested upon arrival on a United Airlines flight from Houston.
A search of her two checked-in packing containers uncovered 18 parcels of loud weighing 9.45kg, hid with gift-wrapping paper inside a field.
She reportedly claimed that her daughter and the daughter’s future brother-in-law delivered the field to her house within the US for onward supply in Nigeria to her daughter’s fiancé, recognized as Jibola.
Meanwhile, operatives of the NDLEA’s Special Operations Unit on Friday, October 23, arrested 41-year-old Eletu Rasheedat within the Eti-Osa space of Lagos.
The operatives recovered 5,820 capsules of diazepam, 780 tablets of tramadol, 3.7kg of skunk and 230.25 litres of skuchies from her.
In Delta State, a 51-year-old suspect, Peter Ugochukwu, was arrested in Warri with a large amount of pharmaceutical opioids and different substances.
The seized gadgets included 29,350 capsules of tramadol, 6,620 tablets of tramadol 200mg, 4,116 bottles of codeine syrup, 11,340 tablets of Rohypnol, 3,500 tablets of diazepam, 300 ampoules of pentazocine injection and 200 ampoules of diazepam injection.
Other substances recovered from him included portions of tramadol 225mg, Molly and Cocodamol.
The company mentioned Ugochukwu was transferred to its custody by the Nigeria Police Force in Delta State alongside a white Hummer bus.
In one other operation in Delta, NDLEA operatives arrested 46-year-old Helen Bakporo Samson, a bodily challenged girl, at Enhere Junction, Warri, on Monday, October 19, with 6kg of skunk.
In Oyo State, 41-year-old Fajana Dada Oluwaseyi was arrested on October 19 within the Adamasingba space of Ibadan.
The suspect had allegedly escaped arrest after NDLEA officers seized 197.8kg of hashish sativa from his residence on September 16.
In Kano State, a raid on the Gerawa space on Thursday, October 22, led to the arrest of 30-year-old Murtala Lawan and the seizure of 159 blocks of hashish sativa weighing 97.2kg.
Similarly, operatives on the Lankaviri checkpoint in Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba State arrested 39-year-old Raiyanu Misa on Friday, October 23, with 95 blocks of compressed hashish weighing 60.175kg.
The identical day, the Nigeria Police Force handed over one other suspect to the company after his arrest in Dakka village, Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State, with 112 blocks of compressed hashish weighing 81.49kg.
In Niger State, 26-year-old Emmanuel Ekene was arrested on October 19 alongside the Sabo-Kainji Road in Borgu Local Government Area with 64,000 opioid capsules, together with tramadol and diazepam.
In Bauchi State, operatives arrested 45-year-old Jamilu Mustapha, also called Last Card, on Wednesday, October 21, at Nasaru city in Ningi Local Government Area. They recovered 379kg of hashish sativa packed in seven jumbo sacks.
In Ondo State, NDLEA officers appearing on intelligence raided a farm at Board-Ala, Akure South, on Tuesday, October 20, recovering 56 luggage of deserted hashish sativa weighing 583kg.
In Edo State, two hashish farms in Ugbada Forest, Uzebba, Owan West Local Government Area, had been destroyed on Sunday, October 18.
The farms had an estimated yield of two,023.14kg of hashish. The operatives additionally burnt 450kg of processed hashish on the web site and took one other 97kg as reveals.
In a associated operation at Ewe group in Owan West, 42-year-old Mary Edokhai was arrested with 35kg of hashish.
The NDLEA additionally mentioned its instructions and formations throughout the nation sustained their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation campaigns in colleges, worship centres, workplaces and communities through the week.
The outreach actions included lectures for college kids and workers of Oje Grammar School in Ibadan, Oyo State; Government Day Secondary School, Kwamba, Niger State; Baptist Primary School, Olorunda, Ogun State; Government Secondary School, Yalea, Kano State; Community Secondary School, Igogoro, Enugu State; Urban Girls Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra State; and Kelebe Community Grammar School, Osogbo, Osun State, amongst others.
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), counseled officers of the MMIA, Kano, Lagos, Bauchi, Niger, Edo, Ondo, Taraba, Oyo and Delta instructions for his or her vigilance, professionalism and intelligence-driven operations.
Marwa urged officers throughout the nation to maintain the momentum within the struggle in opposition to drug trafficking and substance abuse.
