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Speaker 1: Nigeria Anti Illicit Drugs Police, the National Drug Law Enforcement

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Agency NDLA has arrested a fifty year old widow and

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fashion designer, missus Ifeomer Henrietta Zoowik, who had allegedly attempted

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to use fake pregnancy to traffic cocaine from Lagos to Abuja,

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an action. The woman, according to NDLA, said she took

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over the business from her husband who died two years ago,

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and in an earlier report, a suspected notorious drug kingpin,

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thirty six year old sunday A big Eyed, has been

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arrested in Delta State as NDLA also intercepted seven point

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eight billion nyras opioids in Rivers State, with two drug

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kingpins thirty seven year old Jetsubo Amami aka Warri Kinsman

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and fifty one year old Solomon Akpomwa during the week

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convicted and sentenced to ten years imprisonment, with NDLA describing

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their conviction by a Lagos High Court as an indication

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NDLA strategies are working. Ndl EA, in news releases on

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Sunday and previous days, said that the agency also intercepted

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ninety parcels of laud in kitchen Sinks arrested dispatch riders

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distributing illicit drugs in Abuja destroys seventy five thousand, five

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hundred and forty four kilograms skunk in Delta hodo Edo

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Tarabo Forests recovers eight hundred and twenty five thousand pills

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of opioids in Carlo Adamawa. Coggi destroys forty eight thousand,

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seven hundred and fifty kilograms skunk in Enugu. Taraba Forests

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recovers five hundred and thirty eight thousand, nine hundred and

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eighty pills of tramadol in Coggi Kaduna Gombey Others arrested

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a woman and her son for drug trafficking in Legos State.

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Details of the reports, as made available by ndl EA

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Public Relations Unit are presented verbatim below, which using fake

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pregnancy to traffic cocaine arrested by NDLA in Lagos as

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agency intercepts ninety parcels of laud in kitchen. Sinks arrests

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dispatch riders distributing illicit drugs in Abuja, destroys seventy five thousand,

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five hundred and forty four kilograms skunkin Delta Hondo Edo

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Taraba Forests recovers eight hundred and twenty five thousand pills

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of opioids in Carno and Omawa Coggi, a fifty year

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old widow and fashion designer misses Ifeomer Henrietta A. Zelwick,

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has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law

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Enforcement Agency ndl EA over attempt to traffic one point

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three kilograms of cocaine using fake pregnancy as a facade

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to escape scrutiny and detection. The widow, who is a

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mother of one and proprietress of Golden Star Creation, a

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fashion outfit in a Go Palace way, p Coota Lagos,

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was arrested at a bus terminal in Jabou Yammer area

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of the state on Friday, the twenty second of August

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twenty twenty five, while attempting to move the cocaine consignment

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to customers in Abuja. A follow up operation at her

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house in Ago Palace area led to the recovery of

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two hundred grams of cutting agent used in the production

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of a strain of cocaine. In her statement, Azelwike claimed

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she inherited the criminal trade from her husband, who died

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two years ago, while she has been in the fashion

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business for twenty years. Not less than ninety parcels of laud,

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a strain of cannabis weighing forty eight point six kilograms

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imported from the United States of America and concealed in

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three cartons of kitchen sink, were intercepted at a courier

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company in Lagos on Tuesday, the nineteenth of August by

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ndl EA offices of the Directorate of Operation and General

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Investigation DOGI in Adamawa. Ndl EA operatives acting on credible

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intelligence on Friday, the twenty second of August raided the

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home of a notorious drug dealer, Idras Gaba, who scaled

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the fence to escape arrest, while one of his associates,

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Boniface Naji fifty five, who attempted sam was caught in

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the act at Rumbaru area of Yola South. Recovered from

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the premises include a black Toyota thundred jeep marked f

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ST eight eight five c Z driven to Yola by

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Naji to supply Garba three hundred and fifty four thousand,

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four hundred and eighty pills of Tramidol two hundred and

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twenty five milligrams, two hundred and fifty milligrams and others,

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as well as a Toyota Yaris car with registration number

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DSA seven hundred and seventy six R. A total of

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five thousand capsules of tramadol, four hundred amples of pentezocene

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injection and two hundred amples of diazepam injection were seized

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from a suspect Neshe Conko at the Ido waterside after

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crossing the River Niger from Anischa an Amras state to

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the Koja Coggi State with the opioids. On wee Wednesday,

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the twentieth of August in Karno, the duo of Buhari

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Ibraheim twenty five and Mansamusa twenty four were nabbed at

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Zangandkataringogo with five thousand, eight hundred and fifty capsules of

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pergabolin on Tuesday, the nineteenth of August, while a total

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of four hundred and fifty two thousand and seventy pills

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of opioids were recovered from the home of a suspect

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Rabalu Maktar who is at large at Rangaza Ingogo local

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government area. Just as Buhari Idras thirty five was arrested

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at Tashan Rami area of the state with one hundred

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and forty litres of codine syrup. Both on same Tuesday.

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No fewer than seven thousand capsules of tramadol were seized

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from a Damu Yusuf twenty nine along Zaria Kano Road,

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Kuanar Dangora area of the state. On Saturday, the twenty

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third of August, a total of two two hundred and

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eighty nine point four nine kilograms of skunk, a strain

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of cannabis, were intercepted in three interdiction operations by NDL

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EA operatives in Quara State. One one thousand, two hundred

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and thirty two point eight six kilograms was recovered from

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a Mitsubishi Canta truck marked z U R sixty six

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XD on Wednesday, the twentieth of August at a jasse

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Ipo area of the state with a suspect Kabiru Abdullahi arrested.

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Another consignment of same psychoactive substance weighing three hundred and

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twenty eight point four two kilograms was seized from Paul

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Olineran forty seven in a Mercedes Benz truck marked LSD

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six hundred and fifty nine y same day, same location.

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The following day, Thursday, the twenty first of August, NDLA

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operatives intercepted another consignment of skunk weighing seven hundred and

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twenty eight point two one kilograms in a Mitsubishi Canta

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truck with registration number GAD two hundred and eighty seven

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XA at a jasse ipojunction Ifeloden Local Government Area, a

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Kwara State, where two suspects Abu Bakarzaki forty four and

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Yababigida forty five were arrested. Similarly, two suspects or Sunday

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fifty and Idle Addio fifty four were now thet Alafia

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Quarters a Kereakitty, a Kitty State, in connection with the

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seizure of ninety six kilograms of skunk in Taraba. NDLA

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operatives in conjunction with Civil Defense Corps personnel on Wednesday,

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the twentieth of August, destroyed seven thousand, five hundred kilograms

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skunk on three hectares of farmland at dadencoa village, Ballei

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Local Government Area, while nine hundred and one kilograms of

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same substance was recovered from a warehouse at Buzeba in

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Owen West Local Government Area, Edo State, where a fifty

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four year old female suspect, Fodo Stella Sunday, was arrested

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on Tuesday, the nineteenth of August. In other operations in

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Edo State, a total of fourteen thousand, two hundred thirty

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three point three seven kilograms of skunk were destroyed on

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four plantations that measured five point six nine three seven

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five hectares at a Boulet forest owe in West Local

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government area on Wednesday, the twentieth of August. In Delta State,

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ENDLA operatives supported by the military destroyed a total of

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twenty five thousand, five hundred kilograms skunk on four plantations

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measuring ten point two hectares in Enuobiogu community in Dockwad

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West Local government area on Thursday, the twenty first of August.

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While in Ondo State, twenty five thousand, twenty five kilograms

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of same psychoactive substance was destroyed on three farms with

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a combined measurement of ten point zero one hectares at

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Asslo camp Uso area of the state. Two dispatch riders

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were on Thursday, the twenty first of August arrested by

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NDLA offices in a stop and search operation in Jab

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Area of Abuja for distributing illicits substances in the Federal

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Capital Territory FCT, while Gaba Soule twenty nine was caught

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with three hundred milligrams of pentezocene injection. Isaac Augustin thirty

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five was nabbed with eight point sixty four grams of

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skunk packaged for delivery in the same vein. Commands and

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formations of the agency across the country continued their war

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against drug abuse WADA sensitization activities to schools, worship centers,

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workplaces and communities among others in the past week. These

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include WADA Enlightenment lecture to women and teachers at Women

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Islamir School, County, Central Mosque County, Katsina State, students and

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staff of fadal Bari Islamiir Hayenguamai Babeji Local Government Area, Karno,

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while the Arba State Command of NDLA paid WADA advocacy

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visit to Governor Alex Hatti, just as Zone four Command

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of the agency paid WADA advocacy visit to His Royal

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Highness Andoma of Doma Alhaji Amadu Eliyuyoga in his palace

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in Doma, Nasarawa State, while commending the offices and men

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of Dogi, Legos, Karno, Cooggi, Kwara, Taraba, Delta, Adamawa, FCT, Hondo,

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Perkitty and Edo commands for the arrests Sieges and the

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Dexterity Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of ndl EA, Brigadier General

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Mohammad Bababawa retired and joined them and their colleagues across

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the country to continue with the ongoing balanced approach to

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the drug control efforts of the agency, Signed by Femi Babafemi,

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Director Media and Advocacy, ndl EA Headquarters, Abuja, Sunday, the

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twenty fourth of August twenty twenty five. Two drug kinkins

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Omami Akkomi convicted sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Their conviction

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and indication ndl EA strategies are working, Seesmahwa. Two notorious

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drug kingpins, thirty seven year old a Jetzebo Amami popularly

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known as Warri Kinsman, and fifty one year old Solomon

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Agpomway have been convicted and sentenced to a combine ten

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years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos. Amami

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was arrested in a Keja, Lagos on Saturday, the twenty

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eighth of June twenty twenty five, after ndl EA operatives

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dismantled his drug trafficking network in a three day operation,

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leading to the arrest of three other suspects. Recovered from

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Amami’s network were twenty four jumbo bags containing six hundred

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and eighty one pouches of Canadian laud, a strain of

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cannabis weighing four hundred and fourteen point two kilograms. The

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bust of Amami’s drug ring followed credible intelligence on his

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attempt to move the shipment to Lecky area of Lagos,

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from where it will be distributed to other parts of

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the state and across the country. He was subsequently arraigned

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before Justice Dan Dipeolu of the Federal High Court eight

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Legos in charge number FHC L six hundred and thirty

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six C twenty twenty five bordering on dealing in illicit drugs.

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In his ruling delivered on Monday, the eighteenth of August

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twenty twenty five, the trial judge convicted a army on

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the one count charge filed against him by ndl EA

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Prosecutor Assistant Commander of Narcotics Buhari Shuaibu Abdullahi and sentenced

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him to six years in prison with an option of

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fifty million nyers in u of jail. In his case,

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Solomon ak Pomwoy was first arrested by men of Customs

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Service along Schigamu A jebu Ode Expressway with two thousand,

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one hundred and ninety seven point eight kilograms of skunk,

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a strain of cannabis on the third of June twenty

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twenty five and transferred to ndl EA on the sixteenth

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of June, after which he was arraigned in charge number

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f hc L six hundred and thirty five C before

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Justice Depaeolu for traveling illicit drugs in large commercial quantity.

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Also delivering his judgment on the matter, the trial judge

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convicted and sentenced Acpomwire to four years in prison with

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an option of fifty million naira’s fine. Chairman Chief Executive

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Officer of NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohammad Babamawa retired, described the

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conviction of the two drug kingpins as an indication that

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Nigeria will sooner than later surmount the menace of substance

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abuse and illicit drug trafficking as a result of the

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positive outcomes of the current balanced approach to the agency’s

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drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts. He commended

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the judiciary NDLA offices involved in the investigation and prosecution

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of the cases, as well as other stakeholders for their

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commitment to the cause of a drug free country. Signed

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by Femi Babafemi, Director Media and Advocacy, ndl EA Headquarters, Abuja, Tuesday,

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the nineteenth of August twenty twenty twenty five. Notorious drug

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kingpin arrested in Delta as ndl EA into sets seven

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point eight billion nyrozopioids in rivers, destroys forty eight thousand,

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seven hundred and fifty kilograms skunkin Enugu, Taraba Forests, recovers

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five hundred and thirty eight thousand, nine hundred and eighty

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pills of tramadol in Coggi, Kaduna Gombe others arrests woman

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son for drug trafficking in Lagos, three years after launching

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a man hunt for him over drug trafficking offenses. A

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notorious drug kingpin, thirty six year old Sunday A Big

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Eyed has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug

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Law Enforcement Agency ndl EA in a Saba, Delta State,

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while attempting to move two hundred and fifty blocks of

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skunk weighing one hundred and thirty eight kilograms with his

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distribution bus. A Big Eye came under searchlight on the

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nineteenth of March twenty twenty two in connection with the

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seizure of twenty four zero point three seven kilograms of

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same psychoactive substance and ten grams of moli, but thereafter

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went underground. However, following credible intelligence, ndl EA operatives in

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Delta State were able to arrest him along with one

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of his aides, Clement Asuya twenty seven, while they were

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trying to move the two hundred and fifty parcels of

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skunk for distribution on Sunday, the tenth of August twenty

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twenty five. No fewer than six suspects were arrested on

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Thursday fourteenth and Friday the fifteenth of August, when ndl

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EA operatives supported by the military and vigilantes, raided three

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cannabis farms in Enugu Hezeke, Enugu State, where a total

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of thirty seven thousand, five hundred kilograms skunk was destroyed

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on fifteen hectares of farmland. Those arrested include Ugu and

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Nishinoso twenty three, James Negedu twenty six, Sopyuruchuku Obido twenty two,

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Ebukanu thirty, uku as A Sunday forty two and aguch Friday,

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while seventy four point five kilograms of the illicit substance

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was recovered for the prosecution of the suspects, while twenty thousand,

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seven hundred pills of Tramadol and Coco Damel were seized

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from a suspect, em Manuel A Yogu fifty three by

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NDL EA offices on patrol along in Suka Road ninth mile,

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Enugu on Saturday, the sixteenth of August. Two other suspects

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in Serberchokuchida twenty four and Osages Simple Frank forty one

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were arrested with twenty seven point six kilograms skunk. Same

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day at the New Market Enugu in Lagos. Her fifty

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two year old woman Muyabat Mamuni was arrested with her

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son Farrik Mamuni twenty five by ndl EA operatives of

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Ledega Street, Mushen on Wednesday, the thirteenth of August for

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storing and distributing two hundred and ninety eight blocks of

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Ghana laudweighing one hundred and forty nine kilogram, while another suspect,

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Emmanuel Samuel, was nabbed on Friday the fifteenth of August

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in Arja area of LeKi, where eight point five kilograms

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Canadian laud a strain of cannabis was recovered from their apartment.

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Not less than one hundred and twenty eight thousand capsules

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of tramadol were recovered from a suspect, Sanni Muhammad thirty two,

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who was arrested by ndl EA offices at Jaro Jatau Gombey,

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Gombe State on Monday the eleventh of August, while a

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total of three hundred and thirty seven eight hundred capsules

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of the same pharmaceutical opioid were seized by operatives on

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patrol along a Kenlakoja Highway, Coggi State from the driver

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of a commercial bus Sulimanoya Dookun forty seven coming from

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a Nicha a Namra State and heading to Kottingura, Niger State,

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while a total of eleven two hundred and fifty kilograms

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skunk was destroyed on four point five hectares of farmland.

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On Tuesday, the twelfth of August, when ndl EA operatives

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assisted by Sardana Emirate Council and the Nigeria Forest Hunters

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Security Service raid at the Tanmia Forest in Sardana Lga,

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Taraba State. Twenty nine eight hundred and forty capsules of

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tramadol were seized from a suspect, Sala Babinghida twenty at

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a check point in Wakari area of the state on Saturday,

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the sixteenth of August. In Kaduna, two suspects, Muhammad Amdif

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forty six and Suliman Mohammad twenty two, were arrested in

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connection with the seizure of twenty two six hundred and

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forty pills of tramadol and Rohibnol at Guaguaje check point,

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Zaria and Tudenwada area of the state. Two other suspects,

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Caroline David fifty one and Abdullah Digumar thirty, were nabbed

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over the seizure of one hundred and eleven point one

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kilogram skunk intercepted along Zaria Carno Road at the Port

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Harcourt Port’s Complex hone rivers state. A total of eight

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hundred and seventy five thousand bottles of codeine based sirup

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worth over six point one billion niras in street value

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and three five hundred thousand pills of Tredol benz hexol

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valued at one point seven billion nyras were recovered from

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five containers under ndl EA Intelligence Tracking and Watch List

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during joint examination with Customs Service and other security agencies

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on Wednesday thirteenth and Thursday the fourteenth of August at

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the West Africa Container Terminal WACT of the one Court

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in Edo. NDLA Operatives on Wednesday the thirteenth of August

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recovered twenty four bags of skunk weeghing four hundred and

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thirty two kilograms in a bush along Warikauchi Road in

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Exico West Local Government Area, while one hundred and thirty

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kilograms of same substance was seized at a warehouse in

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sobe Own West Local Government Area. The following day, a suspect,

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Tahiru Madu Manga twenty five was nabbed by NDLA offices

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along Zaria Karno Road with sixteen kilograms skunk and another suspect,

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Ibrahim Audu forty seven, arrested with seventy six kilograms of

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the same psychoactive substance at Gadar Tambarawa along Zaria Karno Road,

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Karno State. On Wednesday, the thirteenth of August. No fewer

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than four three hundred and twenty ampools of ketamine injection

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were intercepted by NDLA operatives at g var G checkpoint

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along Badagri Legos Highway on Monday, the eleventh of August,

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with a suspect, A kim adeg And arrested. In like manner,

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Commands and formations of the agency across the country continued

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their war against drug abuse WADA sensitization activities to schools,

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worship centers, workplaces and communities among others. In the past week.

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These include WADA advocacy visits to former Head of State

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General Abdulsalam Abubakar in Minna, Niger State. The us Amir

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of Borgu Kingdom, His Royal Highness Al Haji Mohammed Hiliru

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Dantorro Katuro IV in Borgu Kingdom, Niger State, the Emir

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of Lafia, Honorable Justice City Bajet Mohammad retired in Lafia,

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Nasarawa State and the Chehu of Borno His Royal Hinz

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Doctor Abu Bakha Umar Ibungabai al Kanami in Maidaguri, Borno State,

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among others. While commending the offices and men of PHPC Gombe, Koggi, Legos, Hedo, Karno, Delta,

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Taraba and SEME Commands for the arrests and sieges. Chairman

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Chief Executive Officer of n d l EA, Brigadier General

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Mohammad Baba Bahwa retired in joined them and their colleagues

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across the country to continue with the ongoing balanced approach

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to the drug control efforts of the agency, signed by

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Femi Babafemi, Director Media and Advocacy. Ndl EA had caught

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Abuja Sunday, the seventeenth of August twenty twenty five possas

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one on Redley bring in you bringnee in a mortgage

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thousand