Abuja --------------- The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted consignments of psychoactive substances in Kaduna, Yobe and Plateau States, the agency's Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, has said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Babafemi said a suspected drug dealer, Obinna Anene, a.k.a Young Alhaji, was arrested on May 6 at Buwaya Kaduna, Kaduna State, with 50,000 tablets of Diazepam, adding that the drugs, which weighed 9kg, were intercepted along side 595 tablets of Tramadol weighing 318grams and 8 tablets of Co-codamol weighing 6grams.

According to him, the same day, a trafficker, Alhaji Yahaya, was caught with 26.5kg cannabis in Damaturu, Yobe, while travelling in a commercial vehicle from Abuja to Maiduguri, Borno.

He also said nine drug dealers were arrested by operatives in Lagos on May 5 during raids in black spots in Mushin Olosha, Akala, Langbasa and Ikota in Ajah area of the state with different quantities of Cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine, Cannabis, and Skuchies.

His words, “Those arrested include: Kehinde Ilori; Osho Demola Nurudeen; Kamarudeen Isiaka; Kazeem Ishola; Afeez Adebolade; Oguntana Aduragbemi; Chuks Alowai; Mrs. Bola Kazeem and Kehinde Ogunleye

“In Plateau, NDLEA operatives on May 7, intercepted a truck carrying 673.3kg cannabis along Bassa/Rukuba Barracks road in Jos, while the driver and his assistant fled into the bush.

“In other parts of the state capital, two dealers; Manga Emmanuel and Yusuf Usman, were arrested with 34 pinches of cocaine and 400grams of cannabis at Old Airport and Rikkos respectively.” 

Bababfemi quoted the Chairman, NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, rtd, as having  commended the officers and men of the Kaduna, Yobe, Lagos and Plateau Commands of the agency for the arrests and seizures.

According to Babafemi, Gen Marwa also, charged the officers, especially, those in other commands across the country to sustain the heat on drug cartels