Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted a consignment of Colorado, a potent strain of cannabis,
concealed in boxing kits imported from the United States At the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos,
The weeklong intelligence-led operation
culminated in the arrest of 38-year-old Olorunfunmi Saheed Olakunle on January
6th, who admitted to distributing the psychoactive substance across Lagos on
behalf of his US-based childhood friend, Sagir Salami.
This was made known in a statement signed by the
Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared on the agency's Facebook
page on Sunday.
NDLEA also disclosed the arrest of
28-year-old Bilkisu Suleman, a female supplier of ammunition to bandits. She
was apprehended on January 3rd along the Zaria-Kano expressway with 249 rounds
of live ammunition concealed in her handbag. Bilkisu was en route to deliver
the ammunition to a bandit in Kakumi village, Katsina state.
The NDLEA conducted additional successful
operations in Kaduna, Niger, Kogi, Kano, Borno, and Osun, resulting in various
arrests and drug seizures.
The statement in part said, "A weeklong
intelligence-led operation to get the receiver arrested was consummated on
Saturday 6th January following the successful tracking and arrest of
38-year-old Olorunfunmi Saheed Olakunle who distributes the dangerous
psychoactive substance to dealers across Lagos state.
"The consignment had arrived in the country
on Monday 1st January via Cairo on Egypt Airlines flight marked as boxing kits.
"According to Saheed, he delivers such
consignments to different recipients whenever his childhood friend, US-based
Sagir Salami sends them. The latest shipment has a total weight of 1.80
kilograms.
"Meanwhile, a 28-year-old female supplier
of ammunition to bandits, Bilkisu Suleman came top on the list of twelve (12)
other suspects arrested by NDLEA operatives in new year interdiction operations
in Kaduna, Lagos, Niger, Kogi, Kano, Borno, and Osun states.
"Bilkisu was arrested on Wednesday 3rd
January by NDLEA officers on patrol along Zaria Kano expressway in possession
of 249 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition concealed in a black nylon bag kept in
her lady handbag.
"She was on her way to deliver the
ammunition to an identified bandit in Kakumi village, Katsina state when she
was nabbed after which she was transferred to the Kaduna state command of the
Nigeria Police Force for further investigation.
"The military authorities at the Bonny camp
cantonment in Lagos on Tuesday 2nd January transferred a suspect, Francis Suru,
37 and 63 jumbo bags of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 2,104.2
kilograms and a truck to the Lagos state command of NDLEA.
"The suspect and the drug exhibits were
earlier intercepted by NDLEA officers on 12th December 2023 close to the gate
of the military cantonment in Bonny Camp, Victoria Island.
"Some armed escorts however resorted to
sporadic shooting to obstruct the operation, a development which attracted
soldiers from the cantonment, who eventually intervened and took custody of the
consignment and suspect before transferring them to the Agency."
Credit: Facebook | NDLEA
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