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Speaker 1: Nigeria Anti Ilicit Drugs Police. National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

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ndl EA has arrested a Chinese national and other cocaine

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kingpins in Nigeria and since elicit drugs worth billions of

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naira in different locations across the country. Ferry Barbafemi, nd

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l E spokesperson, in a news release on Sunday, said

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the Chinese national was arrested after a Nigerian accomplice was apprehended.

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The ndl E. A statement which also include the arrest

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of a cocaine kingpin at the International Airport in Enugu

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State reads Vermonton Belou. Operatives of the National Drug Law

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Enforcement Agency n d l EA have arrested a fifty

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year old businessman also her Christian Ihernachal at the acne

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Ibium International Airport AIA, Enugu for ingesting ninety rafts of cocaine.

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Alsoaha was intercepted on Wednesday, the tent of November twenty

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twenty four at the arrival hall of the Enbu Airport

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during the inbound screening of passengers arriving from ades Ababa,

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Ethiopia on an Ethiopian Allies flight. Following months of intelligence

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and surveillance on him. He was subsequently placed on excretion

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observations during which he ingested ninety pellets of cocaine were

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in two point zero one nine kilograms in seven excretions.

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Investigation reveals that the suspect, who operates phone and accessories

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business in Legos and Gabon, Central Africa, traveled by road

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from Gabon to du Allah, Cameroon, from where he took

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a flight to ads Ababa, where he swallowed the pellets

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of cocaine while in transit and thereafter continued his journey

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to Enbum with Legos as his final destination. He deliberately

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complicated his movement to the stot tresses of his travel history,

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unknown to him that he has been on NDLA watch

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list for the past three months. In his statement, Alsaahas

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said he speritly needed the money from the criminal drug

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tread to boost his declining phone and accessories business. In

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another well coordinated operation carried out by a special operations

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unit of the agency on Toosday, the twenty first of November,

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held of a cocaine distribution cattel. Forty two year old

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Indian Maxwell Obina was arrested along with five of his

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associates at a Go Palace way in Okota is Solo Legos.

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A total of two point four one two kilograms of

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cocaine were recovered from them. Other members of the drug

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trafficking organization arrested along Obina include Okeken Gloria Iforma, who

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is the syndicate stash keeper, i Kechevalo, Emmanuel Chembuzo, Okari

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Oniel Dekachi or conquor U Nabugo Prince and Oka for

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Blessed Anita. In a related development, another drug syndicates operated

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by a Chinese man Filtery eight year old Tianzanien Elias

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Jackie has been dismantled by d operatives following his arrest

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at his hotel in Ikeja area of Legos. Officers of

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the Semi Special Area Commander of the agency had on Thursday,

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the twenty first of November intercepted a forty year old

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suspect Yakobo Emanuel Mark in a commercial was going to

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Ghana at the budging Hire point along Badagury Semi Expertsway

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based on credible intelligence. When he was searched, a total

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of seven hundred and fifty grams of cocaine were found

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in his bag. A swift follow up operation was organized

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to trace and arrest the kmpaign behind the trans bordered

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drug trafficking syndicate, who turned out to be a Chinese citizen,

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tianz and M. He was eventually tressed to MC hotel

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behind a Ladde Market Allan Avenue, Ikeja, Legos. When his

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hotel room was searched, four point three grounds of cocaine,

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a ground of metam fetermine, two electronic weighting scales and

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chines Inas national identification number card among other exhibits were

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recovered while he was arrested in the vicinity of the

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hotel at the Tinkhan Seaport in Legos and DLEA operatives

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on Friday, the twenty second of November intercepted ninety two

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parcels of laud, a synthetic trend of cannabis with a

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combined weight of twenty three point two five kilograms consumed

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in two vehicles imported from Canada and the Sankai and

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a GMC boss. The discovery was met during a joint

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examination of a contenda from Canada by NDLEA officers, men

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of the Nigeria Customs Service and CS and other stakeholders

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in River State and LA operatives are the Port Harcourt

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Ports Complex, Arny. On Thursday, the twenty first of November

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intercepted two containers of important opioids during a joint examination

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with men of Customs Service and other security agencies. A

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total of one hundred and sixty eight thousand bottles of

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Codein based zero of one billion, one hundred and seventy

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six million naira. Only a strict value were recovered from

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one of the conteners one. The second one contains four million,

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five hundred thousand pills of super Royal Tramadoon two hundred

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and twenty five milligrams, valued at three billion, one hundred

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and fifty billion naira only, bringing the combined value of

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both the Codein and Tramadol consignments to four billion, three

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hundred and twenty six million naira. Only in Ekity State,

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Nyla Operatives on Sunday, the seventeenth of November arrested a

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fifty year old physically challenged woman most of our Bodja

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with two hundred and eighty six grams of colorado and

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loud strands of cannabis at around the street. A Kerrie Ekity,

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while sixty four kilograms of Cannabis nativa was recovered at

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Akinele motorpark Ibadon Oister on Thursday, the twenty first of November.

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Not less than one thousand, two hundred and five kilograms

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of Saint psychoactive substance were seized during rains by NDLA

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officers in parts of Edul State. At UT’s Forest in

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Ovian North East Local Government Area, four hundred and sixty

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three point five kilograms was recovered on Thursday the twenty

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first of November, while five hundred and seven kilograms was

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seized at a compound in one village Via Local Government

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Area where the duo of David Ojio Ederin sixty and

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Afu j Frank twenty four were arrested. On Friday the

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twenty second of November, Another suspect, Godwin Okoyak forty, was

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marked with two hundred and thirty kilograms of same substance

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at Okuja or A West Local Government area in Karlo.

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Four suspects Usman Sali twenty five, Abdul Mud twenty eight,

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Bunu Ali twenty seven and Uma Musa thirty On Tuesday,

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the nineteenth of November, arrested by LDLA operatives at Ganda

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Tamburawa Zaria Cano Road with one hundred blocks of cannabis

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wearing forty five kilograms, while aba Omazarada fifty five was

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now with one hundred and twenty four kilograms cannabis at

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Pingana Village, Thor Local Government Area, Bouche State. With the

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Cell Vigo Commands and formations of the agency across the

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country continued their war against drug abuse WADA sensitizational activities

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to schools, worship centers, workplaces and communities among the others.

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In the past week. These include wather Enlightenment lecture to

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students and staff of Sadana Academy, Malufashi, Katsina State Community

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Secondary School, na Obala Nunsuka Enugu State Government Secondary School,

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Reiji Kando State Government Secondary School, Alba ahonda Is Local

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Government Area, River State and the youths and community leaders

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of Illaway Equity Ekity State among others. While commanding the

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officers and men of ai A Hu tinkhan on A

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Semi akit Oio Carlo Bauchi and the Doll Commands of

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the Agency for the arrests and sea shows. Chairman Chief

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Executive Officer of l d L e A Brigadia, General

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Mohammed Bubamawa retired, stated that their operational successes and those

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of their compatriots across the country, especially they are balanced

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approach to drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts

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are well appreciated. Family Barbathamy, Director Media and Advocacy n

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d L e A stated, gregate you need in a

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mortgage Annie