A woman suspected of being the head of a drug syndicate, Faith Nwankwo, has been arrested at her Lagos residence, Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency says.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday that the alleged kingpin was arrested on Wednesday at his residence, House 6, C close, 3rd Avenue, Festac area of Lagos, “shortly after she returned from a warehouse at Plot 3432 Sola Akinsola. Street, Divine Estate, Amuwo Odofin, where she loaded eight boxes of tramadol 225mg into an unmarked white Honda Pilot SUV.
“A search of his residence and warehouse led to the recovery of Two Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand (2,750,000) Tramaking pills, a 225mg and 250mg brand of Tramadol packaged in 39 cartons weighing 1,916 kilograms. The drugs and the van were recovered while the suspect was in custody.”
In another operation on August 4, the agency said it tracked down a group of transnational syndicates involved in the import, export, distribution and trafficking of cocaine and Canadian Loud.
The group was tracked to the Atlantic Nominee Estate in the Lekki-Ajah area of Lagos, where a blue Toyota Highlander SUV was loaded with 8.49kg of cocaine and 10.3kg of Canadian Loud for distribution, allegedly by Urama Chinemelum Precious , 32, and Adelakun Ilelabayo Oluade. , 55.
Suspected drug baroness arrested in Festac, Lagos (photo credit: NDLEA).
A follow-up operation to the recovery of an additional 18 blocks of Loud weighing 18.5 kg at Chinemelum’s residence at House 7, Road 7, Lagra estate, Eti-Osa, Lagos.
“The following day, Saturday August 5, operatives from the Special Unit persecuted another syndicate involved in the import, distribution and diversion of ephedrine hydrochloride, a chemical precursor used for the production of methamphetamine, following intelligence that cartel members were planning to divert 25 kilograms of the substance,” the statement said.
“Two union members – Udeh Vincent Ogbonna, 53, and Okonkwo Ifeanyi Uzozie, 50, were arrested at a commercial bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba, Lagos, where they were trying to ship the hidden substance to the south-east. A body search of the two suspects led to the recovery of three thousand US dollars ($3,000) found at Udeh Vincent Ogbonna.”
At a courier company in the state, NDLEA Operatives from the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) intercepted a consignment of 4.5 kg of Loud from the United States on Wednesday.
other states
In operations in four other states of Ogun, Ondo, Edo and Nasarawa, NDLEA operatives recovered more than 13,391.8 kilograms of skunk.
In Ogun State, no less than 1955 kg of the “illicit substance packed in 139 jumbo bags and stored in the warehouse of a wanted notorious drug dealer, Lekan Jimoh (also known as Konmo Konmo) in the Ado Odo Ota area from the state, were recovered on Saturday. 12 in collaboration with Nigerian Army officers.
Another alleged drug dealer arrested by NDLEA
“Similarly in Ondo, Ogbu Paul Odey, 30, Daniel Osidi, 34; John Iyage, 41, Friday Simon, 28; and Friday James, 24, were arrested in connection with the seizure and/or destruction of more than 10,325.5 kg of cannabis sativa in the Iju and Ala forests, in the Akure area of the state between Wednesday the 9th and the Thursday August 10.
“While 22-year-old James Aga was arrested during the raid of an unfinished building on the outskirts of Utese City in Ovia North East LGA of Edo State on Friday, August 11 with 10kg of skunk, 976 were recovered. kg of the same substance from the building. in addition to the recovery of four motorcycles.
Another alleged drug dealer arrested by NDLEA
“In a previous operation in the Utese forest, on Tuesday, August 8, at least 46,545 kg of skunks were recovered and 1,581,146 hectares of cannabis crops were destroyed.
while two suspects were arrested: Onyelunisue Azuka, 48, and Abraham Ayomide, 30.
Also in Nasarawa state, Umar Abdullahi, 49, was arrested on Friday 11 August with 64.8kg of cannabis sativa at Doma LGA.
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