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

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Agency NDLA, has said its men are currently working and

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partnering with the United States of America USA Drug Enforcement

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Administration d and the United Kingdom UK National Crime Agency

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NCC to unravel the cartel behind the importation of one

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thousand kilograms of cocaine mass shipped and recovered from a

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container the PTML terminal of Tincan Island Port in Lagos State,

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fortnite Ago. Details of the report and other news reports

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made available by the Public Relations Unit of the National

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Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLA during the week and previous

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week are presented verbatim below. Wanted drug baron arrested as

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ndl EA recovers large drug shipment four X in Lagos

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hideout seas is over fourteen thousand, four hundred and forty

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kilograms Kunkinosen Forest, Lagos, Edo Kuara Taraba, Nasarawa raids. A

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wanted drug baron who operates under the cover of a

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businessman and hotelier, Frank Chigio Kibbermesse alias Chiscob, has been

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arrested by operatives of a Special operations unit of the

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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency nd LGA after weeks of

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intelligence and surveillance on his criminal activities. The forty two

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year old Hibbamessi, who is the md CEO of Frank C. J.

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Hibbermese Nigeria Limited, was arrested at his Daisy Garden Hotel

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sixty six to sixty eight I Becket Street, Ago Palaceway

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a solo Legos in the early hours of Saturday, the

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fifteenth of November twenty twenty five, after which he was

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taken to his warehouse at seven pias A Zob Street

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off Ago Placeway, a solo ware Forty two jumbo bags

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and four cartoons of laud a strain of cannabis weighing

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one thousand, seven hundred and sixty two point eight kilograms

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were recovered. Also seized from him at the point of

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his arrest include eleven thousand, six hundred dollars U S dollars,

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two thousand British pounds, two thousand, two hundred euros and

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fifty Canadian dollars, all in cash attempt by a drug

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syndicate operating at Arita A Pegge Araromi Okio Doo Forest

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Reserve if South Local Government Area, Osan State to load

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and distribute across the country. Large quantities of processed skunk,

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a strain of cannabis weighing a total of eleven thousand,

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one hundred and thirty five kilograms, were forted on Tuesday,

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the eleventh of November by ndl EA operatives after days

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of surveillance in the forest. Two trucks being used to

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transport the illicit consignments, a Volthough truck mark w WR

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twenty nine XA and a Mercedes truck with registration number

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WALKS seven hundred and thirteen y Z were seized and

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seven suspects arrested. Those in custody in connection with the

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sea sharer Lucky Abiodin, Julius Aimos, Victor N G Bikeli

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Sunday Odibu, Ibrahim Akani, As Godstein and fred Ifanicheku. A

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total of one thousand, nine hundred and two point one

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kilograms of skunk were recovered in parts of Edo State,

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while one hundred and eighty four point one kilograms was

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recovered along a bush path at ozer Igbankey Road Igbanker

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in ORIENTWN Local government area. On Thursday, the thirteenth of November,

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six seventy two kilogram was evacuated from utes forest over

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a northeast local government area on Friday the fourteenth of

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November with four hundred and ninety four kilograms recovered from

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a Mercedes Benz car Mark D E three one one

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B E M along benin Akurey Road where a suspect

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Felix Dar forty five was arrested same day, just as

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Lukyabaha fifty one was nabbed in another Mercedes Benz car

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mark j j J fifty six j W conveying five

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hundred and fifty two kilograms, while four suspects Michael Loko Offurigada,

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Raphael in Kemjicu and Noawabu’s Franklin were arrested with sixty

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eight kilograms skunk and three point one five oz kilograms

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methamphetamin along a jebu Ode Expressway in Ogun State. Danjumatukura

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fifty was nabbed with one hundred and seventy two kilograms

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skunk at Sankhani area of Ardo Kola Local Government Area,

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Taraba State on Friday the fourteenth of November, and Wisdom

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Titus twenty four with eighty four kilograms of same substance

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at Takeem area of the State. In Adamawa State, ndl

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EA operatives on Friday the fourteenth of November recovered three

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hundred and ninety six thousand capsules of tramadol from a

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suspect ahmed Aishaku Nda fifty at Eli U Mustafer International Airport, Yola,

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while seven hundred and eighty five kilograms of skunk was

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evacuated from the warehouse of a drug dealer currently at

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large at Asodma Rabba Karu, Nasarawa State. Two suspects, Jammyu

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Kunle Cardiso and our Yomi Walu, were on Friday fourteenth

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November arrested with one hundred and thirty pouches of Canadian

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lad weighing sixty five point one five ozero kilograms in

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Soilere area of Legos, just as Taufique Morena was nabbed

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same day with two hundred and eighty two blocks of

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gan allowed with a gross weight of one hundred and

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forty one kilograms a dotto o Inbo area of Legos.

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In Kara State, ndl EA operatives on Thursday the thirteenth

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of November intercepted a truck mark to two six two

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k t ilongoluran Jibber Expressway conveying one hundred and ninety

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seven blocks of skunk weighing seventy eight point five six

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five kilograms and one hundred and fifty five cartoons of

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rubber solutions. The truck driver, Umar Yakubu was taken into custody.

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In another operation, a commercial bus with registration number k

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JA six five seven c Y was intercepted at eyinkomron

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A law And on Wednesday, the twelfth of November, with

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twenty blocks of skunk concealed in a fifty liter jerry

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can recovered and the driver, ibrahem Bello 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 in schools,

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

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These include WADA Sensitization lecture to students and staff of

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Government Day Secondary School, Bernard Ruugusau, Zamfara, Holy Ghost Secondary School, Abukliki,

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Abonni Government Science Technical School, Ringham, Jigawa City Girls Secondary School,

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Enugu Randall Junior Secondary School, Surulere Legos and Anglican Girls

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Grammar School, Obolende, a jebud Ogan State, among others, while

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commending the offices and men of the sou osin Lagos,

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edo Ogan, Taraba, Adamawa, Nasarawa and Quara Commands for the

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arrests and sieges. Chairman Chief Executive Officer of NDLA, Brigadier

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General Mohammad Babamahwa 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 Fermi Babafemi,

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Director Media and Advocacy NDLA on Sunday, the sixteenth of

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November twenty twenty five. NDLA working with usd UKNCA over

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one thousand kilograms cocaine recovered at Lagos Port. The National

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Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLA is working with the United

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States Drug Enforcement Administration d and the United Kingdom National

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Crimecy NCA to unravel the cartel behind the importation of

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one thousand kilograms of cocaine recovered from a container at

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the PTML terminal of Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The

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PTML operators had noticed the consignment in an empty container

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last weekend and invited port stakeholders, including NDLA, Customs and

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other security agencies for joint examination. After field test by

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NDLA confirmed the shipment to be cocaine, the consignment was

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formerly transferred to mdl EA custody for further investigation. On

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Tuesday the eleventh of November twenty twenty five, following collaborative

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engagements between the Chairman Chief Executive Officer of NDLA, Brigadier

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General Mohammad Babamawa retired and the Controller General of Customs,

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doctor Adewalle ad Ae. As a result of the large

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quantity of the recovered Class A drug which is worth

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over two hundred and thirty five million dollars dar over

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end three hundred and thirty eight billion in international market

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and the global dimension to the cocaine cartel, Marwa on

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Tuesday the eleventh of November directed that the agencies leading

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international partners be involved in the investigation. In a swift

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response to the agency’s request, offices of the USD and

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UK NCA have already joined the ongoing investigation of the

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largest single seizure of cocaine at the Tincan Port, Lagos.

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The essence of collaborating with our international partners on this

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case is to ensure no stone is left unturned and

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every gap is sufficiently covet so that ultimately we can

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get all the masterminds of this huge consignment brought to

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book wherever they are located across the globe. This followed

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personal excellent engagement between myself and the Customs CG on

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this case, Mawa stated in his reaction to the seizure

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and ongoing investigation signed by Femi Babefemi, Director Media and

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Advocacy ndl EA on Tuesday, the eleventh of November twenty

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twenty five. Saudi band wanted drug lord arrested as endl

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EA raids his clandestine collar’s lab in Lagos. Dismantle’s laboratory

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recovers one hundred and forty eight point three kilograms Colorado

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procurses Nav’s seventy three year old Grandpa seventy year old

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grandmar Inedo by Elsa, A wanted drug lord forty year

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old Usuf for Biomeasease has been arrested by operatives of

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a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement

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Agency ndl EA at the Matana Mohammad International Airport Mmia

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A Keja, Legos, while on his way to Saudi Arabia Forumra,

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a holy pilgrimage after months of intelligence and surveillance on

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him and his criminal drug activities. The drug kingpin had

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been arrested and charged for drug offenses in the United Kingdom,

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but jumped bail and escaped to Nigeria soon after sailing

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down in Lagos, he set up a massive clandestine laboratory

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in the Leky area of the state for the production

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of Colorado, a deadly synthetic cannabis, and other illicit substances.

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At about six thirty a m. On Thursday, the sixth

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of November twenty twenty five, Yusuf walked into the waiting

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hands of ndl EA operatives at the Lagos Airport while

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attempting to board his flight to Saudi Arabia for Umbra.

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He was swiftly driven to his seventeen vincent Eku Street,

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a gombo LeKi clandestine laboratory, which has been under surveillance

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for a while. At the time of his arrest. Yusuf

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was found in company of another suspect, forty three year

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old abiding Kakereeken, inside the massive building. Operatives from the

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agency’s Directorate of Forensic and Chemical Monitoring were able to

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dismantle all installed laboratory equipment, precursor chemicals and already produced

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illicit substances, including Colorado, all weighing one hundred and forty

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eight point three kilograms, but the seafax bonded terminal. In

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Akota Legos, ndl EA Operatives in conjunction with men of

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Customs Service and other security agencies on Friday the seventh

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of November, discovered one hundred and five point five kilograms molly,

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a designer’s drug, and five hundred grams of methamphetamin during

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a joint examination of a shipment in Niger State. NDLA

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operatives on Thursday the sixth of November intercepted Ibrahim Mohammad

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thirty five in a Volvo Trautmark GRSN eight hundred and

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seventy two XA along Kiji Huahwah Road while conveying eighty

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seven thousand pills of tramadol and seventy two kilograms of Skunk,

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a strain of cannabis. Not less than thirty four thousand,

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five hundred and twenty capsules of tramadol were found concealed

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in different compartments of a Toyota Corolla car marked Gan

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one hundred and two ar intercepted along Zachi Baiame Wukari

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Road on Monday, the three third of November, while the

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driver in the Yusumela twenty five was arrested. The opioids

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were loaded from Anisha A, Nambra State and heading to Cameroon.

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In another operation in Taraba, ndl EA offices on Thursday,

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the sixth of November arrested a suspect, Felix Tanko Shindu

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twenty eight with fifteen thousand and twenty capsules of tramadol

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at Cassobera atc in Ardo Kola Local Government Area in

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Coggi State. Ndl EA operatives on patrol along a kene

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Lukoja Highway on Wednesday, the fifth of November intercepted a

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consignment of seven point six ozero kilograms lawed a strong

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strain of cannabis. A follow up operation in Abuja led

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to the arrest of the owner, Chukunon so Annis forty,

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while no fewer than one hundred and seventy five thousand

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pills of opioids were recovered from another consignment at the location.

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Same day, three suspects Oliyideoyidaran thirty nine Abdul Salam Abdul

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Salam twenty eight and Opaiyemi Tajani thirty nine were on Wednesday,

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the fifth of November nab at Abuja, Kaduna Tollgate with

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seven hundred and sixty nine kilograms skunk being conveyed in

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a truck marked Tray eight hundred and ninety seven B

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coming from Legos on Rutoo Hondo State and heading to Carno. A.

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Seventy three year old Grandpa James who Obedo was on Friday,

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the seventh of November arrested in a cannabis plantation at

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Igbeeshi Forest, imiakebo Hetzco East Local Government Area, Edo State,

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where one thousand, four hundred and fifty nine point seven

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five kilograms skunk was destroyed and five point six kilograms

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of same substance evacuated, while seventy year old Grandma Misses

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comfort Adoodu was nabbed at Onopa Yinegoa by Elsa State

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with five kilograms skunk on Tuesday, the fourth of November

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with the same VIGOR commands and four formations of the

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agency across the country continued their war against drug abuse

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WADA sensitization activities to schools, worship centers, workplaces and communities

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among others. In the past week. These include Wada sensitization

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lecture to students and staff of Transfiguration Seminary Secondary School, Abukliki,

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Abonie Day Secondary School, Sabonkasua, Contegora, Nijer State, Emmanuel College

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High School, SNR abadan Oyo State Government Girls Secondary School, Illila,

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Sokoto Government Day Secondary School, Namtari Adamawa and n U

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rt W leaders and members in Burnon keb Keb State

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among others. While commending the offices and men of SOP

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the FCM tincan Edo, Taraba, Kaduna, Koggi, Niger and Bielsa

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Commands for the various successful operations, Chairman Chief Executive Officer

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of ndl EA, Brigadier General Mohammad Baba Mahwa retired in

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joined them and their colleagues across the country to continue

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with the ongoing balanced approach to the drug control efforts

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of the agency. The dismantling of yet another clandestine laboratory

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for the production of colorado and other dangerous synthetic substances

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and the arrest of the kingpin behind it in LeKi,

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coming barely a week after similar actions were taken against

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another cartel in a Jow State, Lagos, shows that these

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are no doubt the first in the series of what

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will be many strikes against merchants of death who prey

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on the week in our communities. Let it be known

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to those still hiding in the dark that the NDLEA,

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supported by our local and international law enforcement partners, will

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continue to hunt them and bring him to justice, Mawa added,

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signed Fermi Babafemi, Director Media and Advocacy ndl EA. On Sunday,

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the ninth of November twenty twenty five drug kingpins bag

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twenty one years imprisonment over gabon Australia bond cocaine, opioids,

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fourfit cash, luxury vehicles to federal government. Five members of

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some international organized criminal Groups IOCG recently arrested by operatives

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of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ndl NEA in

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connection with the seizure of sixty eight point nine kilograms

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cocaine and tramadol at the Matala Mohammad International Airport MMIA

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p Keja legos have been sentenced to combine twenty one

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years imprisonment. The Trio of Olasupomichael, Oladameggi, Muayezi, Adamola Arganbi

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and Sola Adigoke, who were leaders of one of the cartels,

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were arrested following the seizure of seventeen point nine kilograms

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of cocaine concealed in textile materials and local charms going

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to Sydney, Australia at the export shed of the MMIA

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Lagos on the twenty sixth of August twenty twenty five.

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In the course of investigation, twenty point five kilograms of

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Canadian laud, a strain of cannabis were recovered from Ogenbee’s

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home in LeKi and a black Range Rover SUV marked

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our BC four hundred fifty nine e J found in

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Adigoke’s residence in a kejer Gra. They were subsequently arraigned

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on five counts in charge number FHC L nine hundred

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twenty five C twenty twenty five before Justice Musa Kakaki

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of the Federal High Court, Legos on the thirtieth of

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October twenty twenty five. The accused persons later pleaded guilty

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to the charges against each of them, delivering his judgment

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on the thirty first of October, Justice Kakaki sentenced each

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of them to five years imprisonment without the option of fine,

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bringing the total number of years in jail for the

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three of them to fifteen years. The court further ordered

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that the range Rover SUV and a Toyota Venza car

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seized from the convicts in the courts of the investigation

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be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Similarly, two

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kingpins of another syndicate, all Bunique Joseph Arbachuku and uz

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Or Chuku Godspaa Chukua, were arrested by ndl EA operatives

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following the seizure of two point six kilograms cocaine and

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twenty seven point nine ho kilograms tramadol concealed in motor

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spare parts being taken to Gobon through the Lagos Airport

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on the nineteenth of July twenty twenty five. At the

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end of investigation, the duo were charged and arraigned before

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Justice Ambrose Lewis Aliger of the Federal High Court, Lagos

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on six counts in charge number FHC L nine hundred

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and eighty C. Upon their arraignment on Tuesday, the fourth

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of November, they both pleaded guilty and after a review

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of the facts of the case, the two defendants were

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convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment or payment of

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a fine of two million nyrus each in u of jail,

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while the four million nyers paid by Obani k to

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bribe nd LA offices was ordered forfeited to the federal government.

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Signed Femi Babafemi, Director Media and Advocacy n d l

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e A on Friday, the seventh of November twenty twenty five.

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Possasuar A Meedi Brigini U bunis in a more digital

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medi