File picture Vyapak Nutal, an Indian businessman, has actually been collared for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of Codeine syrup into the nation through the land border in between Nigeria and Niger Republic in Sokoto State.

This was revealed in a statement by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA.

The suspect had filled the consignment into trucks in Cotonou, Benin Republic, and driven through the land borders by means of Niger Republic prior to going into Sokoto State at the Illela border.

Settled in a hotel in Sokoto, credible intelligence revealed that Nutal began to look for purchasers for the controlled drug.

While operatives were on his trail, officers of the Department of State Security had the ability to collar him and promptly handed him over to NDLEA on Wednesday, February 20, 2022.

In a related advancement, attempts by drug traffickers to export large amounts of Heroin, Methamphetamine, Khat, Tramadol and Cannabis through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, along with 3 carrier business in the city have actually been irritated by narcotic officers, who intercepted the illegal consignments.

At the Lagos airport, operatives on Tuesday jailed one Felix Rotimi Eshemokhai with 1.75 kg heroin while trying to board Royal Air Maroc to Casablanca, Morocco, while another trafficker, Okafor Emmanuel Onuzuruike, was likewise caught on the very same day during his bid to take a trip on RwandAir to Dubai with 2.2 kg of Cannabis hidden in foods.

No less than 25 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine, Tramadol, Cannabis and Khat hid in motor parts, MP3 player, speaker and fabrics heading to USA, UK, Australia, Dubai and Madagascar were taken at three major carrier business in Lagos.

In Gombe State, 31,000 pills of Tramadol were recovered from a truck that left Onitsha, Anambra State for Mubi, Adamawa State, and the owner, Ibrahim Tukur Bage, was apprehended on Friday while trying to escape.

This followed the arrest of Aliu Salami, 43, with 143.9 kg Cannabis at Oke-Ata, Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State on Wednesday.

A trans-border drug dealership, Shu’aibu Salisu, and his gang were apprehended as their consignment of 578kg of Cannabis meant for Niger Republic was intercepted in Kwara State on February 8 when 2 persons Gambo Lawal and Ibrahim Mohammed were apprehended while conveying the drug to someone in Charanchi, Katsina State.

A follow-up operation resulted in the arrest of Salisu and 2 others specifically Sani Musa and Auwal Amina the day after at different areas within Kaita LGA of Katsina.

In Benue State, a fake security representative, Mr Dennis Emadiong, was on Saturday apprehended at NDLEA checkpoint with 239g of Cannabis and 10 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammo while on his way from Akwa Ibom to Maiduguri, Borno State.

Another suspect, Stephen Folorunsho was likewise snatched during a regular stop and search operation along Apir-Makurdi Road with 147 compressed blocks of Cannabis weighing 130kg stuffed inside bales of utilized clothes, commonly called Okrika on his method to Gombe State.

In Adamawa State, no fewer than 22,700 tablets of Tramadol and Exol-5 were taken in Numan area of the state from 2 drug dealers consisting of Mmaduabuchibeya Kingsley and Onyeke Kenneth in different raids on Thursday.

While commending officers and men of Sokoto, Gombe, Ogun, Kwara, Adamawa, Benue, MMIA commands as well as those of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation for their durability in the various drug supply decrease efforts, NDLEA boss, Mohammed Marwa, charged them and their compatriots throughout other commands to remain on the offensive against the cartels.

He hailed the synergy and assistance from other security companies.

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