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Speaker 1: Nigeria authority in charge of War against Substance abuse, the

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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ndl EA, has arrested and

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attained a Chinese citizen, Liang Taku, after he was caught

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with twenty six point one hoe kilograms of loud he

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allegedly imported from Thailand. According to ndl EA, the Chinese

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businessman was arrested in addition to other suspects who concealed

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cannabis inside Moi Moi sachet and loud consignments in processed

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food cans from Canada, others in Lagos Cross River Hedo

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Hondo Nasarawa, Borno Niger, Hogan Gombe, Kaduna Coggi during separate

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raids of the illicit drug criminal suspects. Details of the

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ndl EA report reads verbatim below a Chinese businessman, Liang

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Taku and an eighty year old grandma, Misses Grace Ekame taught.

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The list of arrests made by operatives of the National

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Drug Law Enforcement Agency ndl EA in nationwide interdiction operations

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leading to the seizure of consignments of Colorado, a synthetic

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strain of cannabis hidden in Moimoi sachets and Canadian laud,

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another strong strain of cannabis concealed in canned food items

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imported from Canada. Liang was arrested by ndl EA operatives

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at the arrival hall of the Matala Mohammad International Airport

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MMIA A Keja, Lagos on Friday, the twenty fifth of

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July twenty twenty five based on actionable intelligence. The suspect,

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who arrived Nigeria from Bangkok via Dubai UAE on Emirates

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Airline flight is a Chinese national naturalized and based in Malaysia,

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but flew to Thailand where he picked two suitcases filled

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with fifty parcels of laudweing twenty six point one ho

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kilograms before heading to Nigeria via UAE. Upon his arrival

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at the Lagos Airport, ndl EA operatives, who were tracking

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his mine movement from his port of departure, allowed him

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to pass through necessary protocols before picking him up on

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his way out of the airport. The octogenarian grandma, Misses

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Grace Ekpeme was arrested at Eda NSA Street base site, Calibar,

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South Cross River State with over three kilograms scunk in

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the early hours of Saturday, the twenty sixth of July,

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following intelligence on her drug dealing activities in Lagos, NDLA

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operatives on Wednesday, the twenty third of July intercepted a

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suspect chilly Agbafo long Eppa Arjer Expressway while taking consignments

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of twenty one point seven kilograms Colorado, some of which

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were packaged in Moimoi cooking sachets and three point eight

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litres of codeine based syrup in a commercial bus to

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deliver in Warri Andogara Delta State. At the Apapa Seaport

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in Lagos, a total of one hundred and one kilograms

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Canadian Laud factory packed in two hundred and two tins

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of imported food items labeled Bean Salad mix and concealed

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in two Toyota Sienna buses in a container that came

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from Canada were recovered. The discovery was made during a

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joint examination of the container by NDLA offices, men of

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Customs Service and other security agencies. On Friday, the twenty

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fifth of July, no fewer than seventy one thousand pills

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of tramadol, diazepam and Exol five were recovered from Osman

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Musa by NDLEA operatives on patrol along Abouja Kaduna Highway

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on Wednesday, the twenty third of July, when the suspect

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was traveling with the consignment of opioids in a commercial

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bus going to Carno in Borno. A thirty year old

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lady Bintosman was on Wednesday the twenty third of July

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arrested by ndle EA offices who recovered thirty point one

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kilogram skunk from her house at Muna Moforo area of Maidaguri.

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A follow up operation later led to the arrest of

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her accomplice, Vala Abdullahi in the same area of the

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Borno State capitol on Friday, the twenty fifth of July.

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Three brothers, Nana Oserinier, Schazomozarinie and Maxwell Oserinier were on Saturday,

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the twenty sixth of July arrested when endl EA operatives

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raided a cannabis plantation at bending corner forest idoani O’s

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Local Council area of Ondo State, where they destroyed two thousand,

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five hundred kilograms of skunk on a hectare of land

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and recovered already processed one hundred and twenty one point

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four kilograms of same psychoactive substance in Edo State. Ndl

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EA offices on Wednesday, the twenty third of July raided

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the Osaka community in Benin City where they arrested a

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twenty six year old lady Bright Sunday Oknan recovered various

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quantities of Colorado, laud Arizona and skunk, all strains of

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cannabis as well as methamphetamine from her, while a total

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of one hundred and five point four kilograms skunk was

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recovered by na DLA operatives from an abandoned Honda car

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marked ABC two hundred and four kilometer in Kefi, Nasarawa State.

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Their counterparts in Niger State on Monday, the twenty first

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of July arrested a suspect, Bashir Abdullahi with six thousand,

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four hundred pills of Tramadol two hundred and twenty five

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milligrams at Kasu and Gwari area of Minna even as

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a notorious drug dealer Jamu Amalaja was taken into custody

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and one hundred and thirteen kilograms skunk retrieved from his

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enclave in a foe Hogan state. On Thursday, the twenty

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fourth of July after a violent resistance and attack on

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ndl EA operatives by members of his gang. A total

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of ten thousand, nine hundred and ten capsules of tramadol

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were seized from a suspect to Damu A Damu Aka

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Dankyardo by ndl EA offices on patrol along Gombe Bajoga Road,

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Gombe State on Saturday, the twenty sixth of July, while

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operatives in Coggi State on d Thursday, the twenty fourth

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of July intercepted a consignment of skunk concealed inside garry,

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dried scent leaves and other food items along a Kenne

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Lakoja Highway. A follow up operation in Abuja led to

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the arrest of twenty seven year old Kindness Vala, who

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was planning to travel to Katsina State with the cargo

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and later to Qatar. Similarly, operatives in Coggi on Saturday,

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the twenty sixth of July recovered twenty three thousand, six

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hundred pills of tramadol, three hundred amples of pentezosine injection,

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and seven hundred grams of skunk from a truck at

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a motor park in Ayinger Area of the state. The

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War against Drug Abuse WADA social advocacy activities by ndl

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e A 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 Komu Babarode High School, Babarode,

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Ithasawaju Local Government Area, Oyo State Beacon, Christian Academy, ingdo

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A Ficpoh Local Government Area, a Bonnie, Government Day Secondary School,

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a Rabba a Leila Sokoto and Government Junior College agege Legos,

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while the enamorous State Command of n d l e

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A paid WADA advocacy visit to the traditional rulers of

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Orca Community Obi Gibson in Wosu Zuzu eleven and Uppo

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Community Iguey robadez Hokofievai, among others, while commending the offices

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and men of mm I A A Papa Legos, Cross

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River Edo Ondo, Nasarawa, Borno, Niger, Hogan Gombey Kaduna and

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Coggi commands of the agency for the arrests and sieges

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of the past week. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of n

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d l EA Brigadier General Mohammad Baba Mahwa retired, praised

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their counterparts in all the commands across the country for

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pursuing a fair balance between the d drug supply reduction

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and drug demand reduction efforts. Fermi Babafemi, Director Media and

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Advocacy NDLA, stated on Sunday, the twenty seventh of July

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twenty twenty five, as one Ondi bringing you Bringe in

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a mort digital way.