Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one Ezenyeche Kingsley Ebuka, returning from Pakistan for attempting to bring heroin into the country.
Ebuka, who arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos on 14 June was caught with five pellets of heroin weighing 250grams, hidden in his anus.
The suspect had arrived on 14th June via the Turkish Airline flight from Pakistan with the illicit drug.
He however failed to beat the eagle eyes of narcotic officers during inward clearance of passengers on the flight.
Another drug trafficker, Segun Abraham was arrested at Panteka area of Kaduna state while heading to Kano state on 17th June with 211.500kg of skunk.
NDLEA also arrested one Adelodun Kamaldeen in GRA, Ilorin, Kwara State on 13 June with a parcel containing 10.5 grams of cocaine and 4.8 grams of heroin.
On 14 June, two ladies; Mary Peter, 40, and Mercy Oladele, 39, were arrested at Total Garden, Ibadan when NDLEA operatives acting on a tip-off, intercepted their commercial micra car.
The two women were arrested with seven bags of cannabis weighing 77.23kg brought in from Ogbese, Ondo State, to supply a man they simply identified as Alhaji.
According to them, they had earlier supplied the same Alhaji two bags before coming with the seven bags they were caught with.
On Friday 18 June, operatives of the Oyo state Command acting on intelligence also raided the residence of one Alhaji Faruq at Elebu area, Akala expressway, Oluyole LGA, Ibadan, where they recovered 43 ampoules of methylphenidate.
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