Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted drug kingpin, Idoko Festus Ifesinachi, after two months of surveillance.
The 40-year-old drug kingpin was arrested where he had been hiding in Lagos on Wednesday 6, September.
Idoko Festus was declared wanted over the importation of importation of 76.9kgs Canadian Loud into the country.
NDLEA in a statement by its spokesperson said the imported illicit drug was intercepted in a container marked MSDU6686346 at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers on 2nd June.
However, Idoko Festus has been taken to Port Harcourt where he will face trial after he was arrested at his hideout in Lagos
Aside Idoko Festus, NDLEA operatives also stormed the Ekudo forest, Onwude LGA where they destroyed cannabis farms measuring 4.236347 hectares.
“The operatives on Thursday, Sept. 7 raided the house of one Amuodu Egwehide, 40, in Iloje Okpuje, Owan West LGA, where they recovered 22 bags of skunk weighing 261.4kgs,” he added.
Babafemi also said that operatives had arrested a 60-year-old grandma, Mrs. Eunice Egwehide in the town with 17kgs of skunk.
Also recently arrested was a suspected drug dealer, Yinka Azeez.
His arrest followed the seizure of 41kgs cannabis from one Titilayo Adetayo at Sagamu Interchange on Sept. 4.
Similarly, two suspects: Muhammad Aliyu, 38, and Abdullahi Zakariya, 40, were arrested on Sept. 5, along Zaria-Kano Road and at Hayin Arewa Hotoro in Kano, respectively.
The two had over 426.5 kilograms of skunk in their possession, Babafemi said.
Another suspect, Onyeka Uzor, 25, was arrested at Idemili, Anambra state, with 64.8kgs skunk and tramadol.
“Destiny Irabor was nabbed on Friday 8th September with over 180kgs Opioids loaded in his Toyota Sienna car”, he added.
Also, in Kaduna, two suspects: Ahmed Yusuf and Rilwan Nura were arrested on Sept. 6 in connection with the seizure of 100 blocks of cannabis weighing 55kgs along Abuja Road.
“A suspect, Gapchiya Modu, 26, was arrested with 60kgs of cannabis along Kano-Nguru Road, Nguru, Yobe.
“While in Imo, 200 blocks of the same substance weighing 57kgs were recovered from Usim Orji, 45, along Aba-Owerri Road on 6th September.
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