The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested four notorious female drug dealers in Edo, Imo, Kano, and Gombe states.

The Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Mr Babafemi stated that in Edo, an intense sweep of notorious drug hotspots within Benin City by the NDLEA operatives on June 2, led to the arrest of four key traffickers, including three females.

He said, “At Uyosa, Benin City, two female suspects were nabbed with a cocktail of illicit substances, including 176 grams of skunk, 65g of loud, and five grams of methamphetamine.

“Along Agbor Road in Benin City, another female suspect, 21-year-old Anita Abraham, was apprehended with 95 grams of Scottish Loud and 329 grams of regular Loud.

“At Upper Mission, Benin City, a male suspect was arrested with a diverse cache of psychotropic substances consisting of loud, colorado, swinol, and methamphetamine.

“A swift operation by operatives in Kano State on Thursday, June 4, led to the arrest of a 19-year-old suspect, Saifullahi Lawan, at the Kafi area of Madobi, with 40 blocks of skunk weighing a total of 38 kilograms.”

In a related development, he said that operatives in Gombe State intercepted a 28-year-old suspect near the Dantiti Plaza in the Tumfure area of Gombe, on June 1.

“The suspect was caught with 15,000 capsules of tramadol,” he said.

He said the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy activities by the NDLEA commands and formations equally continued across the country in the past week.

Reacting to the string of successful operations, the NDLEA Chairman, retired, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa commended the officers, men and women of the Imo, Edo, Kano, and Gombe commands for their resilience and vigilance.

Mr Marwa also praised their counterparts across all commands nationwide for striking a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.

He stated that the agency remained fully committed to dismantling drug supply chains and would continue to target traffickers regardless of age, gender, or concealment methods.

(NAN)