Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, intercepted a consignment of Colorado, a potent strain of cannabis, on New Year’s Day.
The drug was concealed in boxing kits imported from the United States of America. A subsequent intelligence-led operation led to the arrest of Olorunfunmi Olakunle, a 38-year-old individual responsible for distributing the psychoactive substance to dealers across Lagos State.
Femi Babafemi, the spokesperson for NDLEA, stated that the consignment arrived on January 1 via Cairo on an Egypt Airlines flight, marked as boxing kits. Olakunle revealed that he delivered such consignments whenever his childhood friend, Sagir Salami based in the US, sent them. The intercepted shipment had a total weight of 1.80 kilograms.
In a separate operation, a 28-year-old female supplier of ammunition to bandits, Bilkisu Suleman, was arrested by NDLEA operatives along the Zaria–Kano Expressway. She was found in possession of 249 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition concealed in her handbag. Bilkisu intended to deliver the ammunition to an identified bandit in Kakumi village, Katsina State.
The NDLEA also reported the transfer of a suspect, Francis Suru, and 63 jumbo bags of Ghanaian Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 2,104.2 kilograms and a truck to the Lagos State Command. The military authorities at Bonny Camp Cantonment in Lagos transferred the suspect and drug exhibits after they were initially intercepted by NDLEA officers near the cantonment on December 12, 2023.
In other operations, NDLEA operatives in Niger State intercepted a J5 bus coming from Ondo State to Zaria, Kaduna State, with 23 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 219.5kg. In various arrests across different states, suspects were apprehended with significant quantities of cannabis and other illicit drugs.
These efforts reflect the NDLEA’s ongoing commitment to curbing drug trafficking and related criminal activities across Nigeria.
