NDLEA foils trafficking of Marijuana laced cakes
Written by Adeola Ibrahim on April 29, 2024
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Director of Media and advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed on Sunday disclosed that a 28-year-old lady, Jennifer Iliya, was arrested in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State for producing and distributing cakes laced with illicit drugs, especially cannabis sativa on Sunday.
Babafemi said that a substantial number of drugged cakes weighing 1.5kg were recovered from her possession on Wednesday.
He added that other arrests include; a suspect who allegedly hid drugs in women wears at the Lagos airport, a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu, and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, were also arrested in Yenagoa on Sunday, March 10, for a similar offence.
The statement partly read, “NDLEA officers at the Gate C departure hall of the Lagos airport on Friday, April 26, arrested a passenger, Yahaya Danjuma Oturah, while attempting to export 4,000 pills of tramadol 225mg to Malpensa, Italy, on an Ethiopian Airline flight.
“The psychoactive substance was found concealed in women wears and granulated melon packed in the suspect’s backpack and another bag containing food items.”
The statement added that Oturah, who is a frequent flyer, confessed to being hired as a courier for €700 upon successful delivery of the consignment in Italy.
Giving an update on another arrest, the statement further read, “Two suspects, Joseph Dadik, 47, and Bensha Yari, 32, were arrested with 24,180 ampoules of pentazocine injection weighing 135.5 kilograms at Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, while Adamu Umar, 18, was nabbed with 20.700kg cannabis when his house in Shuware area of Mubi, Adamawa state was raided on Friday 26th April.
“No less than 310.7kg cannabis was recovered on Thursday 25th April when NDLEA operatives raided parts of Mushin in Lagos state. While 300kg was seized at Olatunji Street, Mushin, 10.7kg of same substance was retrieved from two suspects: Tijani Wasiu and Suleiman Aisha at Anifowose, Mushin.”
Additionally, one Stanley Chukwudi, 43, was arrested with 5,900 ampoules of pentazocine injection in the Sabon Gari area of Kano State, while a couple, Fredrick Odion, 53, and Gladys Odion, 52, were apprehended with 50kg of cannabis in Esan West LGA of Edo State.
Newsmen reported earlier in April that NDLEA operatives, in conjunction with the Department of State Security, detained 35-year-old, Chidinma Chinenye-Agbazue, after she was caught attempting to export 20 parcels of cannabis sativa weighing 10.70 kilogrammes concealed in African salad, popularly called Abacha, and dried vegetables, to Doha, Qatar, through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State
