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NDLEA intercepts 900,000 opioid pills, 1,347.4kg in 7 states

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said it has intercepted about 900,000 pills of opioid in the Sabon Gari area of Kano State.

The agencyโ€™s Spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, said that two suspects were arrested on April 9.

Babafemi said that another 48-year-old suspect was also apprehended at Essit Ebum area of Calabar with 39.4kg of cannabis sativa on April 9.

He said that NDLEA operatives on patrol on Owerri-Onitsha road, Imo, also intercepted a logistics truck, with registration number: JGB 403XB on Friday.
Babafemi said that 230 blocks of cannabis sativa, weighing 119kg and hidden under household items, were recovered from the suspect, after a thorough search.

He said that 252 kilograms of cannabis were also seized during a raid at Ijesa-Isu forest in Ekiti on Saturday.

Babafemi said that the suspects were caught loading 40kg of same substance to the engine compartment of a gas truck at Agho village, Owan-East in Edo.

โ€œTwo motorcycles used in conveying the consignment to where the gas truck heading to the North was parked were also recovered,โ€ he said.

The NDLEA spokesperson further stated that a suspect was arrested on Friday with 79kg of cannabis at Imeko area of Ogun.

He said that an 18-year-old was equally nabbed with 410kg of the same substance when NDLEA operatives raided Obatedo camp, Itaogbolu forest in Akure North Local Government area of Ondo state.

โ€œWith the same zeal, the various commands of the agency across the country continued with the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) advocacy campaign in the past week,โ€ he said.

According to him, some of them include: WADA sensitisation lecture for students and staff members of Gboko Polytechnic, Gboko, Benue, officers and men of 15 Engineering Field Regiment Nigerian Army, Topo, Badagry, Lagos.


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