Nigerian authorities have arrested a 42-year-old Indian lady, Ms. Neetu Neetu, with 72 parcels of heroin weighing 11 kilograms at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano State.
The illicit drugs, concealed inside factory-sealed wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates, were discovered in her luggage following a thorough search and credible intelligence.
On 14 March, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) apprehended Neetu in the arrival hall during inward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR1431 from Bangkok, Thailand, via Vietnam and Doha.
In another effort to crackdown drug peddlers, Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media & Advocacy, revealed how Michael Ogundele, 45, was intercepted on 20 March with 50,000 pills of tramadol 225mg concealed inside a 50-litre steel gas cylinder at Gadar Tamburawa, along Zaria-Kano Road.
On 19 March, Sunday Ogar, 40, was arrested with 27kg of skunk, a strain of cannabis, at Gunduwawa area of Kano.
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In a separate search, Khadijah Abdullahi, a 40-year-old female suspect, was nabbed on 18 March with 424 bottles of codeine-based syrup at Lungun Bulala Yalwa area, Kano State.
Babafemi said, “In Lagos, the duo of Olumuyiwa Kolawole and Samod Adisa were nabbed with 67.5kg skunk in Mushin just as 100.8kg of same psychoactive substance was recovered from the store of two fleeing suspects in Anifowoshe area of Mushin while Isah Idris was arrested in Apapa with 4.5kg skunk; 600grams of tramadol 225mg and 30litres of codeine syrup on Tuesday 18th March.
“Another suspect, Yahaya Mohamed, was arrested same day in Ikotun area of the state with different quantities of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.”
The agency has intensified its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA), highlighting its social advocacy sensitization engagements in schools, markets, motor parks, workplaces, and worship centres over the past week.
The Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Marwa (Rtd), highlighted the alarming rate at which white ladies and foreign nationals are being hired by drug trafficking organizations to perpetrate their illegal business through Nigerian borders.
Marwa praised the officers of the MAKIA, Lagos, and Kano Commands for their successful efforts in clamping down on illegal drug supply across the country while urging them to continue the fight.
