NDLEA smashes drug syndicate: Kingpin nabbed with 5.40kg Cocaine in Owerri bust
Drug lord Ezechi busted
Published By: Kazeem Ugbodaga
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a suspected drug trafficker, Ezechi Iyke Cyprian, while attempting to transport a 5.40kg consignment of cocaine to Owerri, Imo State.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday that Cyprian was intercepted on Sunday, 23rd February, while conveying the illicit substance in a Toyota Sienna bus.
“He was frustrated by operatives of a special operations unit of NDLEA who arrested him following weeks of intelligence and surveillance,” Babafemi stated.
Meanwhile, at the Tincan seaport in Lagos, NDLEA operatives uncovered 128 parcels of Canadian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, concealed in two mattresses in the trunk of a Toyota Venza imported from Canada.
“The discovery of the 63.75kg consignment was made during a joint examination of a targeted container marked TCNU 1945861 from Montreal, Canada, by NDLEA, Customs and other security agencies. The consignee of the shipment, 44-year-old Bamidele Joseph, has been arrested and taken into custody,” Babafemi revealed.
In Delta State, NDLEA operatives, supported by the military, conducted a raid on Thursday, 27th February, targeting a 20-hectare cannabis plantation in Innam-Abbi/Orogun community, Ndokwa West Local Government Area.
“Over 50,000kg of cannabis was destroyed, and five suspects arrested during the raid include: Augustine Subaru, 45; Ukoba Malachukwu, 53; Odalonu Emmanuel, 40; Esuabom Macaulay, 35; and Itoje Safe, 54,” Babafemi stated.
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In another Delta operation on Friday, 28th February, NDLEA operatives intercepted a Mercedes Benz truck marked AWK 791 ZJ along the Abraka-Orogun road.
“A search of the truck led to the recovery of 101 bags of skunk, weighing 1,111kg,” Babafemi said.
He further disclosed that in Edo State, NDLEA operatives, with military support, raided Okpuje community, Owan West LGA, on Saturday, 1st March, where they dismantled illicit drug warehouses.
“Over 100 jumbo bags of skunk were destroyed, and a total of 1,409.5kg of the psychoactive substance was recovered for the prosecution of arrested suspects: Oikelomen Osere Monday, 38, and Glory Iroyo, 42,” Babafemi added.
Elsewhere, NDLEA operatives arrested a suspect, Michael Omoloki, 46, with 58.5kg of skunk at the Ibadan end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Oyo State.
“In Kwara State, on Monday, 24th February, operatives nabbed a Beninese national, Lawali Mohammed, along the Eiyenkorin Expressway in Ilorin, seizing 2,980 tablets of tramadol and dozens of diazepam pills,” he said.
