A Brazil -based drug dealer, Okafor Okwudili Moses, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over 2.55 kilogrammes of cocaine recovered from a toilet at the E-Arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The drug was discovered in the toilet of the airport on November 12, 2021 after it was dumped there by a trafficker, who was obviously scared of being caught by narcotic officers positioned at the airport.

The following day, the actual owner of the consignment, Moses, arrived at the airport from Brazil via an Ethiopian Airline flight and was promptly arrested.

While being interviewed in custody he confirmed he is the owner of the seized illicit drug.

In other interdiction operations across the country, over 6,043.857 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs were recovered in five states namely Adamawa, Ondo, Ekiti, Edo and Ebonyi with more than two hectares of cannabis farms destroyed.
A suspected fake security agent, Abdullahi Mohammed, who claimed to be serving in one of the security formations in Mubi, Adamawa State, was arrested with four blocks of Cannabis Sativa weighing 4kg along Bazza- Michika Road.

Also, four other suspects were arrested at different locations in Jimeta, Yola North LGA, with assorted substances such as Cannabis, Diazepam, Exol-5 and Tramadol tablets.
In Ondo State, three persons namely Alabi Idowu, Oluwatomipe Olorundare and Finity Sunday were arrested on November 15, 2021 and a total of 2,771kg of Cannabis recovered from them at Oke Ogun camp, Ipele, Owo LGA, while 59-year-old Mrs Joy Peter was nabbed with over 39kg Cannabis and Tramadol tablets on November 17.

Similarly, over 2, 832kg of drugs were seized and more than two hectares of Cannabis farms destroyed in parts of Ekiti State.

While 2,582kg of Cannabis was recovered on November 16 from Itapaji forest, Ipao, Ikole LGA, 250kg was seized from Ise forest, Ise-Orun LGA where a Cannabis farm was also destroyed on November 18.
In Ebonyi, 29-year-old Ivoh Chukwuemeka, accompanied by his girlfriend, Ogbonna Peace, 18, was intercepted along Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway with 20.357kg Cannabis on November 19.
Similarly, 377.5kg Cannabis was seized from at least two suspects namely Lucky Okhian and Aaron Monday in the Owan West LGA as well as Okpokhumi forest in the Owan East LGA of Edo State.

Reacting to the arrest of Okafor and other suspects as well as the seizures from the states, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the officers and men involved in the operations across the commands for sustaining the heat on drug cartels in the country.

He said, “We are proving to the bad guys and merchants of death that we’ll not stay a step ahead of them but two steps in this game, and this we must sustain as we prepare to go into the new year.”