In a sweeping operation across multiple states, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested several individuals, including three dispatch riders in Abuja, for distributing various forms of illicit drugs.
The agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday that the arrests followed intelligence-led stop-and-search operations conducted by operatives in the Federal Capital Territory on July 30.
The arrested dispatch riders — Sabo Sule, 24; Samuel Nnamdi, 28; and Idris Jibrin, 28 — were intercepted in the Gwarimpa, Jahi, and Galadimawa areas of Abuja.
NDLEA operatives recovered a total of 149.8 grammes of Canadian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, from the suspects.
In a related operation, two more suspects — Aliyu Abubakar, 25, and Adekunle Agbabiaka, 30 — were arrested on the Abaji-Gwagwalada expressway on August 2 with 91.1 kilograms of skunk, another cannabis variant.
The crackdown extended to Lagos, where Joseph Michael was arrested in Mushin with 3.3 kilograms of Colorado, a synthetic form of cannabis.
Also in Lagos, Ibrahim Sulaiman was apprehended in the Iwaya area of Yaba with 16.5 litres of skuchies, a locally brewed psychoactive mixture.
In Benue State, NDLEA officers seized over 100,000 tramadol capsules from one Hussein Yusuf, 37, during a routine checkpoint operation along the Vandeikya-Ogoja road on Friday.
Meanwhile, in Edo State, a warehouse in Ekpoma was raided on the same day, leading to the arrest of William Alabi, 44, and the recovery of 233.5 kilograms of skunk.
Babafemi added that the agency’s nationwide sensitisation campaign under the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) initiative continued in full force during the week. The campaign reached students of Ciroma Ibrahim Islamiyya School in Yobe and the Sultan Maccido Institute in Sokoto, among others.
It also included engagements with drivers of Borno Express Transport Services in Maiduguri and worshippers at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Enugu.
In Osun State, the NDLEA paid a courtesy visit to the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, to seek royal support in curbing drug abuse in local communities.
The agency reiterated its commitment to dismantling drug trafficking networks and intensifying grassroots education as part of its strategic efforts to combat the drug crisis in Nigeria.
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