A Vietnam-bound businessman, Ibeanusi Nosike, has excreted 68 wraps of cocaine nearest he was once arrested by way of operatives of the Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company on the Murtala Muhammed World Airport in Lagos.
The NDLEA had on August 12 arrested a Vietnam-bound businessman, Paul Mbadugha, on the Nnamdi Azikiwe World Airport nearest he examined certain for consuming cocaine.
Mbadugha excreted a complete of 88 wraps of cocaine, weighing 1.710 kilograms.
In a observation absolved on Sunday, the NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stated Nosike was once arrested year making an attempt to board the primary gliding out of Lagos to Abuja.
He stated, “An Onitsha, Anambra circumstance based-businessman, Ibeanusi Solomon Nosike, has excreted 68 wraps of cocaine nearest 12 days of excretion commentary following his arrest on the native wing of the MMIA Ikeja Lagos by way of operatives of the Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company, NDLEA.
“The 36-year-old Ibeanusi was arrested in the early hours of Thursday 8th August 2024 at the old domestic terminal of the Lagos airport while attempting to board the first flight out of Lagos to Abuja where he was scheduled to join a Qatar Airways flight to Vietnam at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja at about 10 am the same day.”
Babafemi famous that Nosike were below surveillance since his arrival from Anambra Climate on August 7.
He stated, “The suspect who got here below NDLEA surveillance following judgement had arrived in Lagos from his bottom in Onitsha, Anambra circumstance, the former life, August 7 and lodged in a resort the place he swallowed the 68 wraps of cocaine earlier than heading to the airport for a 6:30 am gliding please see morning.
“He was thereafter intercepted by NDLEA operatives who moved him into excretion observation where he spent the next 12 days excreting the cocaine pellets weighing 1.282 kilograms.”
Babafemi additionally stated every other Onitsha-based businessman, Aligbo Jacob, was once arrested by way of NDLEA operatives following the seizure of a consignment of one.20kg hashish unclear in a bundle getting to Dubai, UAE.
“Operatives at the MMIA Strategic Command of the Agency had intercepted the shipment at the export shed of the Lagos airport while investigations revealed the cargo was sent through a courier company in Onitsha. After a series of follow-up operations, Aligbo was eventually arrested in Onitsha on Saturday, 17th August,” he added.
Babafemi added that an all-female drug trafficking gang traffics medicine outdoor the rustic.
He stated the chief of the syndicate, 42-year-old Olaribigbe Feyisara, were below NDLEA radar earlier than being tracked and arrested.
Babafemi stated 4 alternative participants of the crowd had been arrested.
He stated, “Operatives of a Particular Operations Unit in NDLEA have arrested 5 cross-border feminine drug traffickers on the Seme border year on their as far back as Lagos from Ghana. Chief of the syndicate, 42-year-old Olaribigbe Bashirat Feyisara, has been below NDLEA radar earlier than being tracked and arrested on August 21 at the side of alternative participants of her gang: Abogun Fatimah Ladidi; Osibeluwo Tolulope Oluwaseun; Akanni Balikis Oluwatoyin and Ajetumobi Amudalat.
“At the point of their arrest at the Seme border, a total of 14 packs of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, weighing a total of 6.97kg, were recovered from hidden parts of their bodies.”
On the Lagos port, Babafemi stated NDLEA operatives intercepted N2.2billion significance of codeine.
He stated, “In a similar fashion, NDLEA operatives on the Tincan seaport in Lagos on Friday twenty third August intercepted two boxes which got here from Mundra port in Bharat.
“No fewer than 1,596 cartons of codeine-based syrup containing 319,200 bottles of the opioid worth N2,234,400,000.00 in street value were recovered from the containers during a joint examination with other port stakeholders.”
In Edo Climate, Babafemi stated two girls had been arrested for on-line gross sales of drug-laced cookies and muffins.
He stated, “Two girls had been arrested by way of operatives in Edo circumstance for on-line gross sales of illicit medicine. Time Martha Owotorofa, 26, was once nabbed at Kada Plaza, Benin Town, with amounts of Canadian Noisy, Odion Uzordinma, 21, was once arrested on the Ugbowo segment of town with 30 cups of cookies and 17 slices of cake, all laced with illicit components.
“A raid operation at Oghada village, Uhunmwonde local government area of the state on Tuesday 20th August led to the arrest of Saturday Edobor, 50, with 288.8kg cannabis.”
In Lagos, he stated a suspect, Godwill Davidson, was once arrested on August 21 with 3,834 bottles of codeine syrup, 5,200 capsules of Co-Codamol, and 11 880 drugs of Rohypnol within the Mushin segment of the circumstance.
“Some other suspect, Yahaya Ibrahim, 23, was once nabbed by way of operatives alongside Okene-Lokoja-Abuja parkway, Kogi circumstance, identical life with 42,000 capsules of tramadol coming from Asaba, Delta Climate en path Potiskum, Yobe circumstance.
“Two suspects, Feranmi Bankole, 25, and Fredrick Tobiloba, 25, were on Tuesday 20th August arrested at Pariz Lounge, Adeoyo area in Ibadan metropolis, Oyo State, following intelligence. Recovered from them were 267.5 litres of skuchies, a mixture of black currant and assorted illicit drugs and 18 grams of Canadian Loud,” the observation added.