The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 75-year-old, Felix Nnanna, with 1.6kg skunk, a strain of cannabis.
Nnana was arrested during a raid at Umunteke Asa, Ukwa West Local Government Area (LGA) in Abia.
A statement by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, said that the suspect was nabbed on Saturday, April 5.
According to Babafemi, another suspect, David Chinemerem, 21, was also arrested with 2,050 ampoules of pentazocine at 7 Nnajiego Lane, Umuode road, Aba on Tuesday, April 1.
Similarly, operatives of the agency in Kogi arrested a 33-year-old lady, Ngozi Ogili, while moving three kilograms of methamphetamine from Lagos to Abuja.
Babafemi added that Ogili was nabbed in a commercial transport bus along Okene-Lokoja highway on Monday, March 31.
“A follow up operation at her point of delivery in Apo mechanic area of Abuja, led to the seizure of quantities of Loud and Colorado, both synthetic strains of cannabis,” he said.
In another development, No fewer than 381 bottles of codeine syrup and 108 tablets of tramadol were seized from a suspect, Abdullahi Adamu along Potiskum-Damaturu road, Yobe state by NDLEA operatives on Saturday, April 5.
Babafemi said that another raid operations at Osogbo motor park, Onitsha and a house at Oba in Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra state led to the arrest of Obinna Sunday and the seizure of 195,000 pills of tramadol.
He said that the NDLEA operatives also arrested one Ugochukwu Ojalanonye with 4.2kg codeine syrup and 5.4kg pentazocine during the raid at the motor park.
Similarly, the agency’s director, media and advocacy said that in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, operatives on Thursday, April 3 arrested 51-year-old Sunday Ayogu with 25kg skunk.
He noted that 90.4g of methamphetamine was also found on the suspect, during a raid operation at Wuse market Abuja.
“Two ladies, Faith Etim, 64 and Victoria Etim, 40, were also nabbed on Friday, April 4.
“This happened when NDLEA operatives supported by men of the Nigerian Army raided cannabis plantations in Esuk-Odot community, in Odukpani LGA, Cross River.
“No fewer than 250,000 kilograms of the psychoactive plant were destroyed on over 100 hectares of farm land,”he said.
Babafemi quoted the NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, as commending the officers and men of Yobe, Abia, Kogi, Anambra, Cross River and FCT Commands of the agency, for the arrests and seizures.
According to him, Marwa stated that their operational successes and those of their compatriots across the country, especially their balanced approach to drug supply reduction and demand reduction efforts, were well appreciated.