Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ) have arrested 24 suspected drug traffickers and dealers, including a 42-year-old man conveying thousands of concealed opioid pills to insurgents in the Banki area of Borno State . They were arrested in major interdictions, leading to the seizure of over 7,609kgs of assorted illicit drugs in eight states.
Confirming the development yesterday, NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the bulk of the seizures was made in Nasarawa State where operatives, acting on credible intelligence, on Sunday, February 4, intercepted a truck, marked Lagos JJJ 64 YC, conveying 367 jumbo bags of cannabis sativa weighing 4,037kgs from Akure, Ondo State, for delivery at the Shabu area of Lafia, the state capital
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
NDLEA Drug Traffickers Drug Dealers Arrest Opioid Pills Insurgents Borno State Interdictions Seizure Illicit Drugs
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