An 80-year-old grandpa, Ayuba Ashiru and 82-year-old grandma and Mrs. Uloma Uchechi Sunday, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in raids carried out across the country.
Mrs. Uloma Uchechi Sunday was arrested alongside her daughter, Chisom Uchechi for commiting drug related offences.
The operatives recorded another huge win as they intercepted opioids worth over N3.2billion at Apapa in Lagos and Port Harcourt, Onne, Rivers State ports.
This was revealed by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Femi Babafemi in a statement .
He revealed that 80-year-old grandpa, Ayuba was convicted and served 10-year jail term between 2014 and last year but was again arrested last Wednesday at Barazana Street, Dogarawa, Sabon Gari Local Government Area, Kaduna State by NDLEA officers acting on credible intelligence.
“A total of 2.3kilograms of skunk packaged in nylons and papers in retail sizes were recovered from him. He claimed to have been in the illicit drug trade for the past 46 years.
“Similarly, NDLEA operatives in Abia State on Saturday, 17th May, raided the home of 82-year-old, Mrs. Uloma Uchechi Sunday, at Umuaguma Ntigha Uzor village where quantities of methamphetamine, tramadol and skunk, a strain of cannabis as well as a cash exhibit of N130,600 were recovered from her and her daughter, 32-year-old Chisom Uchechi. The grandma confessed that she and her daughter took over the drug trade after her son who started the business died two years ago.”
Babafemi also revealed that a total of three million pills of tapentadol and carisoprodol royal 225mg worth N2.1billion were intercepted at the Port Harcourt Ports complex in Onne, Rivers State.
The drugs were intercepted in one of the containers watch-listed by the agency based on intelligence.
Babafemi revealed that the agency operatives at the Apapa seaport in Lagos last Tuesday seized another watch-listed container declared to have new car parts and accessories from India and discovered a total of 169,800 bottles of codeine syrup worth over N1.1billion in the shipment.
In Kwara State, no fewer than 199,200 pills of tramadol were recovered from two suspects: Abdulwahab Quadir and Abdulraheem Ismail, last Friday, following their arrest at Gegele, Ilorin by operatives.
Operatives also raided Favour Lodge in the state capital where an HND 1 student of the Department of Laboratory Science Technology, Kwara State Polytechnic, Ibrahim Oladimeji Abdulateef, was arrested with 650grams of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis measured in 149 cups, which he sells to other students.
“At a courier company in Lagos, NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) on Friday, 16th May, intercepted 250grams of cocaine concealed in female headgear going to Australia.
“In Niger State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Mokwa-Jebba Road on Thursday, 15th May intercepted a Toyota Carina car marked AGL 945 BK conveying 316 blocks of skunk weighing 143kg while a suspect, Idris Kamal, 35, was arrested.
“Same day, operatives on patrol at Chachi junction along Kaduna Road arrested Emmanuel Hassan, 26, with 14.3kg Loud. A swift follow-up operation led to the arrest of the actual owner of the consignment, Bello Aliyu (alias Liti), 39.
“While a 60-year-old suspect, Welman Kengbo, was nabbed by NDLEA officers with 594.8kg skunk at Karu area of Nasarawa state on Friday, 16th May, another suspect Oyenuga Toheeb, was arrested on Lekki/Epe Expressway, Lagos last Thursday with 67.5kg of the same psychoactive substance.
“In Taraba State, 5,350 pills of tramadol and diazepam were recovered from a suspect, Shafiu Ismail, 22, when he was arrested on Thursday, 15th May, at Sabonlayin, Jalingo Local Government Area, while Tijjani Mohammed, 35, was nabbed with 198kg skunk at Malamawa, Garki Local Government Area, Jigawa State same day.’’
