A pregnant woman, Rabetu Abdulrasak, 24; a cripple, Shehu Adams; and a 22-year-old undergraduate, Susan Iveren Isoyo, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in different parts of the country.

This was revealed by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in a statement.

While Abdulrasak and Adams were arrested on April 15, 2023 in Agbede, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State with over 14 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs, including cannabis, methamphetamine, tramadol and swinol, Isoyo, a 22-year-old HND 1 female student of Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, was arrested same day opposite the 2nd Gate of the institution for dealing in illicit drugs.

Recovered from Isoyo were 1,100ML of codeine-based cough syrup and 283 grams of cannabis.

This was just as operatives in Lagos State arrested two suspects: Nonso Peter, 21, and Bright Chibike, 23, with 43.4kg cannabis at Ile-Epo, Abule Egba area of the state on April 14.

In Katsina State, no less than 1,730 bottles of a codeine-based syrup were seized from a suspect, Bishir Saadu in Katsina metropolis on April 9, just as Muhamadu Yusuf was equally arrested same day with 8,000 capsules of tramadol inside a commercial bus along Kano-Katsina road.

NDLEA operatives in Kaduna on April 13 also raided a clandestine laboratory where mist potassium citrate was being produced in a residential apartment at 16, Sabon Gari Street, Zaria.

The owner of the lab, Christopher Agodi, was arrested and 102 cartons containing 2,448 bottles of the substance recovered.

While a suspect, Salisu Abdullahi, 25, was arrested along Abuja-Kaduna Road with 11.7kg cannabis concealed in two jerrycans, which he was moving from Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Kano State, operatives also on April 15 nabbed one Atiku Abubakar, 22, on the same road with 50 blocks of cannabis weighing 28kg while travelling from Lagos to Shinkafi in Zamfara State in a commercial bus.

Similarly, anti-narcotic officers acting on a tip-off arrested two suspects: Aminu Saudi, 45, and Abdullahi Sani, 35, at Ogbese, Ondo State with 11 jumbo bags containing 211kg of cannabis concealed in rice chaffs.

This was closely followed by the destruction of six hectares of cannabis farm in Uso forest in the state on April 13.Eagle Online