The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted large quantities of illicit drugs and substances during raids carried out in Ondo, Edo and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the past week.
This is contained in a statement by NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja.
He said 227kg of hemp was recovered from Atoshi camp, Emure-Ile, Owo LGA, Ondo State.
Babafemi said that two suspects were arrested.
He also said that operatives in Edo, acting on intelligence on Feb. 14, intercepted a consignment of methamphetamine.
The consignment, Babafemi said, was from Onitsha in Anambra to Lagos, in a Toyota Sienna bus marked Anambra NZM 347 ZL.
He said that the meth consignment weighing 0.966kg was concealed inside a cassava made local food item, African salad popularly called “Abacha”.
“The driver of the vehicle, a 42-year-old man, was arrested in connection with the seizure.
“On the same day, a team of NDLEA officers also intercepted a Peugeot 406 space wagon car driven by a 47-year-old man, on the Uromi road in Esan Northeast LGA.
“A search on the vehicle led to the recovery of 865 bottles of codeine; 2,600 pills of tramadol and 600 tabs of swinol and rohypnol,” he said.
Similarly, in FCT, he added, NDLEA operatives conducted raid operations in Kubwa area of the Territory and arrested a 47-year-old and an 18-year-old.
Babafemi said that the suspects were intercepted with 10.5kg cannabis (Indian hemp), 13.5g of diazepam and 2.9g of tramadol tablets.