By Akeem Oduyoye
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforce Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State, stormed a warehouse at Obi Camp in Owan West LGA of the state where they recovered 338kgs of cannabis concealed in sacks of charcoal.
In another operation in Ikhin forest, Owan East LGA, the NDLEA officers seized 235kgs of the same psychoactive substance on Saturday, November 25.
A suspect, Onah Kenneth Ikechukwu, 32, was arrested at Jattu, Etsako West LGA with 11,690 capsules of tramadol, 295 bottles of codeine syrup and various quantities of Molly, Cannabis and Methamphetamine on Wednesday, November 22.
A similar raid in Lagos on Wednesday, November 22, at Enu Owa Street, Lagos Island led to the recovery of 40,500 ampoules of pentazocine injection; 440,000 pills of tramadol in a store belonging to a suspect, Ebuka Amechi, who is currently at large.
No fewer than 135,600 capsules of tramadol and 950grams of cannabis were seized from two suspects: Afamefuna Ibekwe, 37, and Sunday Onweh, 41, at Nkpor, Akuzor and Ose-Ogbaijo, Onitsha, respectively,” Babafemi added.
Meanwhile, 37,360 pills of different opioids and 250 bottles of codeine syrup coming from Onitsha, Anambra State en route Abuja were recovered from Muhammed Khamis, 22, on Thursday, November 23, along the Okene- Lokoja-Abuja Expressway, while operatives in Ekiti State seized a total of 288kgs of cannabis at Odo-Owa forest in Ijero LGA on Saturday, November 25. Also, about 116kgs of the same psychoactive substance were seized from a suspect, Chinagoram Obaru, aged 24, who was arrested at Iju forest on Thursday, November 23