NDLEA interceps 6 vehicles, 40ft trailer load skunk in Abuja
A 40ft trailer load of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 2,217.6 kilograms has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, while being distributed into six vehicles at an abandoned fuel station in Kagini, Kubwa area of Abuja.
The intelligence-led operation, which took place at 1:20am on Saturday, led to the seizure of the large illicit consignment, the trailer and six vehicles.
A suspect, Isaac Monday Desmond was also arrested.
The consignment was loaded into the trailer at Uzebba in Owan local council area of Edo State.
In another raid in the FCT, two suspects: Anthony Nnamdi, 42, and Abba Ali, 27, were arrested at Nyanya with 1.398kg cocaine and a precursor substance used in preparing crack cocaine.
“No fewer than 20 wraps of cocaine weighing 330grams have been recovered from a cargo going to Australia at a logistics firm in Lagos by officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, in NDLEA.
“The cocaine parcels were concealed around the body of face cream containers in the shipment.
“A total of 338,200 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth more than N1.190 billion in street value were intercepted in two containers watch-listed by the Agency following processed intelligence.
“The illicit consignments were discovered during joint examination of the containers by NDLEA operatives, Customs and other security agencies on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th January 2025 at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state.”
Meanwhile, a suspect, Habibu Ya’u, 23, was nabbed by NDLEA officers who raided Gadar Tamburawa, Zaria road, Kano on Thursday 9th January where they recovered 45 blocks of cannabis weighing 24.2kg; and 40,800 pills of opioids including tramadol from him.