The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a 67-year-old grandfather on Thursday in Magbon, Ogun, while in possession of 57kg of Indian hemp.

Also found in the suspect’s possession were 2,700 pills of tramadol and 231 bottles of Codeine syrup.

NDLEA’s spokesman Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that its operatives also raided a drug joint in Benin on Tuesday, arrested a 24-year-old sales girl and recovered assorted illicit drugs.

He added that a follow-up operation on Wednesday led to the arrest of the joint owner, a 36-year-old commander of a vigilance group in the area.

He also stated that NDLEA operatives recovered 179kg of Indian hemp in Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday while it arrested a 25-year-old lady in Bagga, Borno, who had cocaine and heroin in her possession.

Mr Babafemi added that a 26-year-old and a 22-year-old male suspect were also nabbed with quantities of cocaine and heroin in the Meri and Babban Layi areas of Maiduguri, respectively.

The agency also impounded about 44,820 pills of illicit psychotropic drugs being taken to Zamfara by a 25-year-old and a 54-year-old on Jegga-Sokoto Road in Kebbi.

NDLEA also arrested a 35-year-old farmer on his farm where he grows tomatoes and Indian hemp at Birnin Yero in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Mr Babafemi stated.

“Two suspects were also arrested in a commercial bus as they were travelling from Lagos to Kano with 99 blocks of Indian hemp on them.

“The drugs weighed 37kg and were intercepted on Kwali-Gwagwalada Expressway in the FCT on Monday, February 19.

“Another suspect was arrested at the Upper Iweka area of Onitsha, Anambra, with 483 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup concealed in two 50-litre kegs.

“A follow-up operation led to the arrest of the actual owner of the syrup,’’ Mr Babafemi stated.

(NAN)