NDLEA Interceptes 40ft Trailer Load of Skunk in Abuja

By Oluwakemi Kindness

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted a 40foot trailer load of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 2,217.6 kilograms has

The interception happened while the skunk were being distributed into six vehicles at an abandoned fuel station in Kagini, Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja for onward distribution to some Northern states

A statement on Sunday by the NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi says the intelligence-led operation, which took place at 1:20am on Saturday 11th January 2025 led to the seizure of not only the large illicit consignment but also the trailer and the six vehicles.

The vehicles includes, a Toyota Van, Toyota Camry car, Toyota Sienna bus, JAC 4-wheel-drive Hilux truck, Toyota Corolla car and a Vento Passat car as well as the arrest of a suspect: 42-year-old Isaac Monday Desmond.

The consignment was loaded into the trailer at Uzebba in Owan local council area of Edo State.

In another raid in the FCT, two suspects: Anthony Nnamdi, 42, and Abba Ali, 27, were arrested by NDLEA officers at Nyanya, where a combined 1.398kg cocaine and a precursor substance used in preparing crack cocaine were recovered from them.

No fewer than 20 wraps of cocaine weighing 330grams have been recovered from a cargo going to Australia at a logistics firm in Lagos by officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, in NDLEA.

The cocaine parcels were concealed around the body of face cream containers in the shipment.

A total of Three Hundred and Thirty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred bottles of codeine-based syrup worth more than One Billion One Hundred and Ninety Million One Hundred and Sixty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Naira in street value, were intercepted in two containers watch-listed by the Agency following processed intelligence.

The illicit consignments were discovered during joint examination of the containers by NDLEA operatives, Customs and other security agencies on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th January 2025 at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state..

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