From Our Coorespondent, Abuja
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three persons in Bayelsa State for dealing in illicit drug offences, including distributing cakes laced with drugs.
NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest in a statement, on Sunday, in Abuja.
According to Babafemi, the agency’s operatives arrested a 28-year-old woman in the Amarata area of Yenagoa. on April 24.
He said operatives arrested the lady for producing and distributing cakes laced with illicit drugs, especially cannabis sativa.
“At the time of her arrest, operatives recovered a substantial number of the drugged cakes weighing 1.5kg from her.
Similarly, the agency’s men arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist and a dispatch rider, on March 10 in Yenagoa for a similar offence.
Also in the Kaduna State capital, NDLEA apprehended a man with 24,180 ampoules of pentazocine injection weighing 135.5 kilogrammes at Sabon Tasha, Kaduna.
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Babafemi said the agency also nabbed a teenager with 20.7kg of cannabis when operatives raided his house in the Shuware area of Mubi, Adamawa State, on April 26.
Meanwhile, NDLEA said it also arrested a male passenger carrying 4,000 tramadol pills at the Muhammad Murtala International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos.
Babafemi said the agency’s officers at the gate ‘C ‘departure hall of the Lagos airport, on Friday, foiled the suspect’s attempt to export the pills to Malpensa, Italy on an Ethiopian Airline flight.
He said the passenger concealed the psychoactive substance in women’s wear and granulated melon packed in his suspect’s backpack. He also packed some in another bag containing food items.
“In his statement, the suspect, who is a frequent flyer confessed he was hired for 700 Euros on successful delivery of the consignment in Italy,” Babafemi stated.
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