NDLEA bursts snake-guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs, arrests 2 in Edo

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that its operatives have raided a snake-guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in the Igor community, Benin City, Edo State. The NDLEA stated that it also detected a specially constructed large hole in a wall covered with wallpapers and fetish objects, used for storing drugs.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced that its operatives have raided a snake-guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in the Igor community, Benin City, Edo State. The NDLEA stated that it also detected a specially constructed large hole in a wall covered with wallpapers and fetish objects, used for storing drugs. This was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA 's Director of Media and Advocacy.

Babafemi stated that the highly addictive illicit substance, also called ice or crystal meth, was packed in imported Dunkin’ Turtle Love chocolate wraps and then concealed in the casing of three loudspeakers. Babafemi said in the statement that a 39-year-old suspect, Michael Odiomume, who was sending the consignment to Owerri, Imo State, was promptly arrested on Wednesday, June 19, at the park.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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