The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 35-year-old Chadian who sells narcotics to insurgents.
The Chad National was intercepted in Taraba State with assorted drugs, barely a week after operatives of the agency arrested a 70-year-old Nigerien who supplies Boko Haram and bandits illicit drugs.
The suspect, Adama Uomar Issa, was arrested on Wednesday, 31st March 2021 in Jalingo, Taraba State with 21.70Kg of Tramadol 225mg and 250mg. Also seized from him were 15.7Kg of Exol.5; 100,050 France CAF and N61, 000.
According to the Commander, Taraba state Command of the NDLEA, Suleiman Jadi, the suspect speaks only French and Arabic and claims he was taking the illicit substances to the Chad Republic before he was intercepted in Jalingo.
Investigations have however shown that he is a major supplier of illicit drugs to Boko Haram insurgents. At the point of interdiction, the drugs, which he bought from Onitsha in Anambra state, were concealed inside new ladies’ handbags and shoes.
In a related development, operatives of the anti-drug law enforcement agency have raided drug joints in Warri Street, Kaduna, where 29.5 grams of cocaine and heroin were recovered along with 456 grams of Rohypnol tablets. Two peddlers: Suleiman Yusuf and Abubakar Abdullahi were arrested during the sting operation.
A 181kg of cannabis Sativa was seized in Gaidam, Yobe state, and a suspect arrested in connection with the seizure.
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Apeh Reuben, the Yobe state Commander of the agency disclosed that the consignment was transported from Lagos to Yobe and was moving from Yobe to the Niger Republic, but was intercepted at the border post in Gaidam in an attempt to cross to Niger.
While commending the Taraba, Kaduna, and Yobe states Commands for their vigilance and resilience in the ongoing offensive action against illicit drugs and traffickers, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) charged the officers and men involved in the operations and across other commands not to relax until the last drug cartel is dismantled in the country.
“We have made a commitment that the criminal elements will always have us to contend with in their illicit trade and that’s why we must not rest on our oars, we must continue to raise the bar in our drug supply reduction activities and drug demand reduction efforts”, he stated.
