NDLEA bursts Int’l drug syndicate with Networks in Nigeria, South Africa, Thailand, arrest 5 suspects
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, deserved all the support for the wonderful job leading the recent arrest of suspected drug kingpins and seizures consignments in Nigeria.
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The NDLEA operatives have recorded successes in most of their operations, ranging from arrest of suspects and seizures of illicit drug across the country.
Recently, the NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, May 2, said no fewer than five members of the cartel were arrested in a two-weeks intelligence led operations in Lagos, Abia and Anambra states following the seizure of their illicit drug consignments at the NAHCO import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos.
“The unravelling of the dr¥g cartel started on Sunday 20th April when their cargo of four big suitcases arrived the NAHCO shed on an Airpeace airline flight from Johannesburg, South Africa.
The statement further State that After days of close monitoring and investigation, the first suspect, Umeh Chisom Peter was arrested on Wednesday 24th April after he showed up to pick two of the suitcases containing Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis owned by a Thailand based member of the syndicate, Obum Michael.
