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Speaker 1: Men of the Nigeria Anti Illicit Drugs Police the National

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Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLA have arrested two brothers who

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concealed five kilograms of cocaine inside the walls of their

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suitcases while attempting to board a plane to India, and

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on the same day, the NDLA operatives intercepted and arrested

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a britain with cannabis lowed during passengers clearance when the

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Ghanaan British born suspect alighted from an Ethiopian airline that

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flew into Nigeria from Bangkok. According to Femi Babefemi, the

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NDLA operatives also during the week arrested a seventy five

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year old grampa with Skankinabia destroys over two hundred fifty

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thousand kilograms of cannabis in Cross River community. Details of

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the reporters contained in the NDLEEA news release on Sunday

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reads verbatum below. Operatives of a Special Operations Unit of

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the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLA have arrested two brothers,

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John Abugu forty three and Kenneth Abugu thirty one at

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the Mattala Mohammad International Airport m MIA. A Ketcher Lagos

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with five kilograms cocaine concealed in walls of their suitcases

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while attempting to board a flight to India. The two

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brothers were arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday the

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third of April twenty twenty five, following proactive processing of

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credible intelligence. They claimed they were traveling to India for

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medical treatment, but when their suitcases were thoroughly searched by

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NDLA offices, whitish powdery substances later confirmed to be cocaine

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were discovered on the walls of their bags. In a

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similar development, NDLA offices of the MMIA Strategic Commands same day,

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Thursday the third of April intercepted a twenty year old

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Ganaan British Man Parker Darren Hazekieros with thirty six parcels

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of laud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing nineteen point

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four o kilograms, packed in a giant traveling bag. The suspect,

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who claims he is a student of computer science at

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East London University UK, was arrested during the inward clearance

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of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Bangkok, Thailand

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at the arrival hall of the Lagos Airport. In his statement,

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the Techi claims he lives with his parents in the UK,

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but left London about a week ago for Bangkok, where

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he picked up the illicit drug consignment to deliver in Nigeria. Meanwhile,

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NDLA operatives in Coggi State have arrested a thirty three

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year old lady in Gazia Gilly while moving three kilograms

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of methamphetamin from Lagos to Abuja. She was nabbed in

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a commercial transport bus along a Kenne La Koja Highway

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on Monday, the thirty first of March twenty twenty five.

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A follow up operation at her point of delivery in

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our Po Mechanic area of Abuja led to the seizure

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of quantities of laud and Colorado, both synthetic strains of cannabis.

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In Arbia State, n d l e A offices on Saturday,

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the fifth of April arrested a seventy five year old

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Grampa n Na nanophelix with one point six kilograms Skunk,

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a strain of cannabis during a raid at Umtekayyesa, Ukua

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West Local government area, while another suspect David Shimram twenty

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one was nabbed with two thousand and fifty ampools of

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Pentezocene at seven nar Diego Lane, Umuode Road, Abar on Tuesday,

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the first of April. No fewer than three hundred and

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eighty one bottles of codine syrup and one hundred and

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eight tablets of tramadol were seized from a suspect Abdullahi

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a Damou along Petiskam Damatory Road, Yobe State by n

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d L e A operatives on Saturday, the fifth of April,

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just As raid operations at Asagbo Motor Park, a nicher

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and a house at ober in Idomili local Government Area

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of Anambra State led to the arrest of a binner

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Sunday and the seizure of one hundred and ninety five

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thousand pills of tramadol. Also arrested during the raid at

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the motor park was Yugochukuajalnonier with four point two kilograms

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codine syrup and five point four kilograms pentezocene. In the

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Federal Capital Territory fct ndl EA operatives on Thursday, the

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third of April arrested fifty one year old Sunday Yogu

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with twenty five kilograms skunk and ninety point four grams

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of methamphetamin during a raid operation at Wusay Market, Abuja,

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while two ladies, faith E fiong Etem sixty four and

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Victoria Asuko Etem forty were nabbed. On Friday, the fourth

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of April, wen ndl EA operatives supported by men of

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the Nigerian Army raided cannabis plantations in Asko Dock Community, Odikpani,

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Local Government Area of Cross River State, where two hundred

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and fifty thousand kilograms of the psychoactive plant were destroyed

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on over one hundred hectares of farm land. With the

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same VIGOR Command and formations of the agency across the

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country continued their war against drug abuse WADA sensitization activities

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

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the past week. These include WADA Enlightenment lecture to students

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and staff of Cave City Secondary School, Pagide, Anambra State.

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Residents of Dania Village Vatagara were Local Government Area Katsina

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and members of Nigerian Association of Patent and proprietary medicine

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dealers in Sanga and kwananwire Yola Adamawa State, among others.

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While commending the offices and men of MMIA su Yobei,

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RBA Coggie, Anambra Cross River and FCTEAM Commands of the

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agency for the arrests and sieges, Chairman Chief Executive Officer

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of NDLA, Brigadier General Mohammad Baba Maawa Retired, stated that

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their operational successes and those of their compatriots across the country,

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especially their balanced approach to drug supply reduction and drug

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demand reduction efforts, are well appreciated. Reported as stated by

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Fermi Babafemi, Director Media and Advocacy NDLA on Sunday, the

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sixth of April twenty twenty five, Lady bringing you Regnis

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in the mortgage is alway