A 35-year-old Chadian who sells narcotics to Boko Haram insurgents has been arrested in Taraba state with assorted drugs by the officials of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
This is coming barely a week after operatives of the NDLEA arrested a 70-year-old Nigerien who supplies Boko Haram and bandits illicit drugs.
The suspect, Adama Uomar Issa, was arrested on Wednesday, 31st March, 2021 in Jalingo, Taraba State with 21.70Kg of Tramadol 225mg and 250mg. Also seized from him were 15.7Kg of Exol.5; 100,050 France CAF and N61, 000.
According to the Commander, Taraba state Command of the NDLEA, Suleiman Jadi, the suspect speaks only French and Arabic and claims he was taking the illicit substances to Chad Republic before he was intercepted in Jalingo.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger State Command have recovered 27 new rifles from two suspects during a routine stop and search operation in Kontagora area of the state.
The suspects; Danjuma Auta, 35, and Daniel Danrangi, 25, both male and from Dirin Daji, Sakaba Local Government Area of Kebbi State, were arrested along Kontagora – Zuru road, Niger state on Monday night.
According to the Niger state Commander of the Agency, Mr. Aloye Isaac Oludare, the duo were arrested with 12 locally fabricated AK-47 rifles and 15 locally fabricated pistols. The rifles were concealed in a white sack while on a motorcycle to an unknown place when they were arrested.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger State Command have recovered 27 new rifles from two suspects during a routine stop and
NDLEA intercepts container-load of tramadol in Apapa port
On Arrests Indian, 89 Nigerians in Lagos raids
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted a container-load of tramadol at the Apapa seaport in Lagos, just as its operatives have arrested 90 persons, including an Indian during raids of some drug cartels in parts of Lagos.
A total of 614.396 kilograms of various hard drugs were seized.
At the Apapa seaport, about two million capsules of tramadol (precisely 1,994,400 capsules) tucked in 554 cartons were intercepted in the container, which was falsely declared to contain ceramic tiles.
According to the Apapa seaport Area Commander of the NDLEA, Mr. Samuel Gadzama, one of the containers bearing the illicit drug had been intercepted and seized in Kenya.