The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-convict, a female online vendor and others in raids conducted in Jigawa, Lagos, Ogun, Edo, Delta, Oyo, FCT, Enugu, and Kwara states.

NDLEA’s director of media and advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Giving a breakdown, Mr Babafemi said NDLEA operatives in Edo State on Tuesday, January 13, raided the Arokpa forest, Uzebba town, Owan West LGA, leading to the arrest of another drug lord, and seizure of 320kg skunk and seeds.

Meanwhile, in Abuja, operatives on Friday, January 16, tracked and arrested a 44-year-old lady following intelligence on her online sale of illicit substances.

“At the time of her arrest, 2.2 kg of skunk and litres of cannabis oil, which she produces in her kitchen and sells through online advertisements were recovered from her home at the Kaura district, Abuja.

“Another suspect was arrested on Tuesday, January 13, with 148.3 grams of cocaine and skunk at his 12 Biskira Street, Abacha Estate, Abuja home,” he said.

Also, 118.1kg of skunk was seized from two suspects in the Fadeyi area of Mushin, Lagos, on Friday, January 16, adding that not less than 116kg of the same substance was recovered from a warehouse at the new market area of Enugu, the same day.

Similarly, two suspects were on Thursday, January 15, arrested by NDLEA operatives along the Onitsha -Asaba expressway in Delta, while conveying 410,800 pills of tramadol.

“Other drugs intercepted include 84.2 litres of codeine syrup; 82,250 tablets of diazepam; 900 tabs of swinol and 65 pills of Molly,” he said.

In Oyo State, a suspect was nabbed on Thursday, January 15, in Moniya, Ibadan, with 321 litres of skuchies and 2.5kg of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis.

Mr Babafemi said that another suspect was caught the same day at Odo-Ona, Ibadan, in possession of 5.4kg Scottish Loud; 1.696kg skunk and 2.5kg Colorado, bringing the total weight to 9.696 kilogrammes.

In another raid in the Agbeni area of the state capital, 52,430 pills of tramadol and bromazepam were recovered from the store of Orji Edwin, currently at large, on Saturday, January 17.

In Kwara State, NDLEA operatives on Tuesday, January 13, raided a residential building in the Gamo area of Ilorin, where they seized 42 bags of skunk that weighed 387.40kg.

Mr Babafemi said a total of 157,519 bottles of codeine syrup were discovered in a container at the Apapa port in Lagos during a joint examination of the shipment by NDLEA, Customs and other security agencies on Friday, January 16.

In the same vein, an ex-convict was arrested with various quantities of skunk and Exol-5 pills along with his accomplice in Ringim, Jigawa, on Saturday, January 17.

“Before his arrest, he attempted to escape by climbing the roofs of many houses in his bid to escape.

“He was armed with a machete which he used to threaten NDLEA operatives and even inflicted injury on one of the officers,” he said.

Meanwhile, across all commands and formations of the agency nationwide, NDLEA officers continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities in schools, worship centres, work places and communities, among others, in the past week.

These include WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Umar Bin Khathab Islamiyyah School, Kurna, Kano; Tumbey College, Kajola Maya, Ikorodu, Lagos.

Also, Anglican Secondary School, Makurdi, Benue; members of Katsina emirate, Katsina; and residents of the Maitumbi community, Minna, Niger State, among others.

(NAN)