Operatives of National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) weekend nabbed a 65-year-old grandmother, identified as Ramata Bola Adeyemo, who was arrested by NDLEA operatives at 62 Odunfa street, Lagos Island, where 20.6 litres of codeine-based syrup were recovered from her.
Also arrested in Lagos was Alhaji Lawan Manga who was picked up at Ogundana Street, Ikeja on Thursday, December 5, while 4.7kg cannabis and 1.3kg tramadol were recovered from him.
Speaking on the development, the director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, stated that the agency also arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Egwu Phillip Inya, who claims to be a building engineer, while attempting to take delivery of illicit consignments concealed in pressure machines imported from South Africa.
He said the 42-year-old Egwu was arrested on December 2, 2024 at Okeyson motor park, Enugu, when he showed up to collect three units of pressure machines inside which were hidden parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 7.40 kilograms.
He stated that the consignments had arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos import shed on November 29, 2024 and following credible intelligence, officers of the MMIA Strategic Command of the agency had monitored the shipment pass through clearing processes up to a logistics company’s warehouse outside the airport where it was to be collected by the consignee.
“The importer however changed the point of collection to Enugu at the last minute. As a result, NDLEA operatives in a follow up operation in Enugu arrested Egwu when he showed up to collect the consignments,” Babafemi said.
