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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 intercepted a set of

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cocaine shipments concealed in holy books scheduled to be transported

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to Saudi Arabia through courier service, just as the anti

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illicit drugs operatives arrested a twenty two years old boy

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said to be supplying hard drugs to bandits in Karno State.

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This occurred during the preceding week which the Anti Illicit

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Drugs police personnel were attacked and sustained gunshots injuries during

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raid at Jahi area of Abuja on Thursday night. According

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to the NDLA, the bandits illicit drugs supplier hid the

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drugs inside his private parts and thighs. Ndl EA, in

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a news release on Sunday, stated that the operatives also

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recovered five hundred and sixty three kilograms skunk meth heroin

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in by Elsa warehouse, arrested four persons and destroyed cannabis

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farms in Edo Forest. The news relief read in Kogdas

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operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ndl EA

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have intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in twenty sets

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of religious books going to Saudi Arabia. The cocaine consignment,

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consisting of twenty parcels with a total weight of five

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hundred grams and buried in the pages of the religious books,

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was uncovered at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday

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the fifteenth of April twenty twenty five, when ENDLA offices

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of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation DOGI were

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searching through export cargoes going to Saudi Arabia at the

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logistics firm. At another courier company same day, endl EA

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offices intercepted five parcels of lad a strong strain of cannabis,

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weighing two point eight kilograms, hidden in a cart and

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coming from the United States of America. In Karno, a

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twenty two year old supplier of illicit substances to bandits,

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Mohammad Muhammad, has been arrested by NDLEA operatives on patrol

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along Bichi Karno rode while heading to Catsina with two

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hundred and seventy seven amples of pentezocene injection tied to

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his thigh and private part with celotatee. He was intercepted

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on Sunday, the thirteenth of April, while another suspect, Muhammad

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Abdul Rahmen Abdulsis, forty three, was nabed same day at

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research rimen Kebe area of Nasarawa, KRNO with sixty eight

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blocks of skunk, a strain of cannabis weighing thirty kilograms.

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Not less than five hundred and fifty seven point two

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kilograms of skunk, five point six kilograms of methamphetamine and

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twenty nine point eight grams of heroin were recovered from

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a house along Major General Isaiah Allison Street, Apollo Yinegoa

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by Elsa State, where four suspects were arrested when NDLA

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operatives raided the premises on Wednesday, the sixteenth of April.

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The four suspects arrested during the raid include Saramie Dua

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Curtis forty six, Roland Prosper thirty four, Saramie Tairpol forty five,

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and Fidelis of Oubezsla forty six, while a total of

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one thousand, one hundred kilograms of skunk were recovered from

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a delivery van with the driver Ishmael Abdullah. He arrested

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in soilary area of Lagos on Thursday the seventeenth of April.

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NDLA operatives in Kaduna on Friday the eighteenth of April

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raided the hideout of a suspect Ikni thirty in Zaria,

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where no fewer than thirty one thousand, nine hundred and

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fifty pills of tramadol two hundred and twenty five milligrams

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and diazepam were recovered. In Keb, ndl EA operatives on

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patrol along Bagudo Road on Friday the eighteenth of April

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intercepted a vehicle loaded with bags of charcoal coming from Malaville,

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benin Republic. A search of the vehicle led to the

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recovery of ninety seven kilograms skunk concealed in the sacks

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of chas. Three suspects, Abubaka Ibrahem fifty, Mustafiliu thirty two

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and Bushah Leawali twenty eight were arrested in connection with

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the seizure. A forty eight year old O carfor Marcel

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was nabbed with eleven point five kilograms skunk at abitet A,

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Nambra State, while ndl EA operatives in asgbo Oshun State

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on Tuesday, the fifteenth of April arrested Ajaala Mercy twenty

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seven with forty three liters of skushi, a mixture of

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black current cannabis and opioids, recovered from her room at

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Dardar State Hallelujah area of the state Capitol. Two cannabis

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farms in Egbetta Forest, Ovia Northeast Local Government Area, Edo

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State were raided by ndl EA operatives who destroyed three thousand,

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seven hundred and seventeen point eight six two five kilograms

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of the psychoactive plant on one point four eight seven

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one four five hectares and recovered one hundred dred and

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thirty six point five kilograms of processed cannabis. At the

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Tinkan Seaport in Lagos, a suspect, wesaw In of smann

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Kyode forty, who has been at large for two years,

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was arrested by ndl EA offices in connection with the

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seizure of one hundred and seven kilograms lowed imported from

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Canada in twenty twenty three, while another suspect, Daudi Yakubu,

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who distributes solicit drugs within the seaport community, was arrested

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by a team of operatives on Monday, the fourteenth of April.

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The War Against Drug Abuse WADA social advocacy activities by

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NDL EA commands equally continued across the country in the

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past week. Some of them include WADA sensitization lecture delivered

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to students and staff of Saint Michael Anglican Primary School, Pepper,

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Lagos Community Grammar School, a Potiakitty a Kitty State College

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of Education, Minna, Niger State, Traders at Igonomarchit Pshobo, Oshuin

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State Traders at Marion Market, Kalibar, Cross River drivers and

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others at Peace Mass Transit Park, Opera, Weka, Anisha and

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Nambra State, among others. While commending the offices and men

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of Dogi, Karno, Lagos, Kaduna, keb Hosen, Zone, thirteen, Edo

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and Tincan commands of the agency for the arrests and

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sieges of the past week, Chairman Chief Executive Officer of NDLA,

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Brigadier General Mohammad Babamawa retired, equally praised their counterparts in

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all the commands across the country for ensuring a fair

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balance between the drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.

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Femi Babafemi, Director Media and Advocacy NDLA reported on Sunday,

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the twentieth of April twenty twenty five Abuja raid attack.

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Three NDLA officers sustain gunshot injuries hospitalized. Three offices of

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the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ndl EA have been

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hospitalized for gunshot injuries sustained after they came under attack

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from some armed men during a raid operation in Jahi

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area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abouja on Thursday night.

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The incident occurred when a team of ndl EA operatives

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acting on intelligence and surveillance report raided and uncompleted building

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at NNPC area of Jahi, where seventy four bottles of codine,

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ten liters of codine syrup, forty eight grams of tramadol

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two hundred and twenty five milligrams and four point nine

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kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis, as well as

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five Android phones were recovered. As the ndl E eighteen

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made their way out of the location, they came under

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gun attack. Three of the ndl EA personnel involved in

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the raid sustained gunshot injuries, one in the rib and

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two others on their back. And leg. Wounded offices were

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initially stabilized at the Police Clinic in Ghaki area one

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before they were transferred to the National Hospital, Abuja for

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further medical attention. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of NDLA, Brigadier

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General Mohammad Babamawer Retired, expressed appreciation to the staff of

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the Police Clinic for the prompt support. He also thanked

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the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, who was

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personally reached by him, for overseeing the treatment of the

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wounded offices. The NDLA boss, who was INCARNO on official engagements,

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also spoke on phone with the injured offices to wish

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them quick recovery. He assured them that the agency will

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deploy every means at its disposal and work in collaboration

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with other security agencies to fish out those responsible for

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the attack on them. Reported as made available by Femi Babafemi,

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Director Media and Advocacy NDL EA. On Friday, the eighteenth

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of April twenty twenty five, horsers walk on Leavil printing

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new premiers in a more digital ware