A 200-level student of Mass Communication at National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Ms. Mercy Nyong, 30, was Wednesday, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, for attempting to export 300grams of tramadol 225mg, concealed in incense products, going to Dubai, UAE.
Also, a pregnant woman, a nursing mother, were among 28 persons arrested with 9,437.6 kilograms of cannabis and 138,053 tablets of pharmaceutical opioids, among others, by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), during interdiction operations across 12 states across the country.
A statement by the director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said the states are, Yobe, Ondo, Edo, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Jigawa, Kogi, Adamawa, Kaduna, Kwara, Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
In the FCT, operatives Saturday, stormed a village known as Chukuku, which is about 10 kilometers from Gwagwalada where they raided a large cannabis warehouse.
A total of 510 jumbo bags of the illicit substance weighing 5, 640kgs were recovered from the store and a nursing mother in charge, Sa’adatu Abdullahi, 35, was arrested.
In Yobe, while operatives intercepted 48kgs of cannabis in Buni Yadi, they also raided a location in Potiskum, where they recovered 56 blocks (31kgs) from two suspects: Mohammed Mamuda and a married pregnant woman, Hauwa Haruna.