{"id":169809,"date":"2022-03-30T17:02:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T16:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=169809"},"modified":"2022-03-30T17:02:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T16:02:28","slug":"ndlea-arrests-lagos-airport-drug-syndicate-members-recovers-n19-8m-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/30\/ndlea-arrests-lagos-airport-drug-syndicate-members-recovers-n19-8m-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA arrests Lagos airport drug syndicate members, recovers N19.8m cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a fleeing drug kingpin, and other six members of his drug syndicate gang operating at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/27\/ndlea-intercepts-cocaine-cannabis-being-smuggled-to-australia-china-qatar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-narcotic agency<\/a> said their arrest followed a string of fresh offensives against drug cartels across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The NDELA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Wednesday, said the syndicate was behind the smuggling of 1, 584,000 tablets of Tramadol seized by the agency on Tuesday 15th March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was titled, \u2018NDLEA arrests 5 members of airport drug syndicate, recovers N19.8m cash from ring leader\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read, \u201cThe Lagos airport drug syndicate was behind the smuggling of 1, 584,000 tablets of Tramadol seized on Tuesday 15th March by NDLEA operatives in collaboration with Aviation Security (AVSEC) and Customs service personnel at the airport. The seizure includes 17 cartons of 250mg Tramadol branded as \u201cTamra\u201d weighing 669.70kg and five cartons of 225mg Tramadol under the brand name \u201cRoyal\u201d with a gross weight of 217.15kg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe psychotropic substance, which was imported into the country from Pakistan was smuggled through the airport tarmac using one of the vehicles of the Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) and was intercepted at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Personnel Yard. Two suspects: Ofijeh John Mowa, a SAHCO driver, and Nyam Gazu Alex who is a security guard with the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) were initially arrested in connection with the seizure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther investigations by NDLEA operatives however led to the arrest of five other persons involved in the crime including the ringleader, Yunana Fidelis who fled Lagos to Kaduna the moment their lid was blown open. Others include: Adesanwo Temitope; Owoseni Taiwo Temidayo; Fasoranti Shola and Bamigbade Jonathan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYunana Fidelis who is also a staff of NACHO had escaped and fled to Kaduna after depositing Nineteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira (N19, 800,000.00) cash with a BDC operator to be paid later into his bank account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter tracking him for days in Kaduna, on Friday 25th Fidelis relocated to Abuja where he was eventually arrested by NDLEA operatives at 7pm on Sunday 27th March while he was trying to collect One Million Naira (N1, 000, 000.00) cash from an undercover agent who posed as a BDC operator. In addition to recovering the cash Fidelis deposited with the BDC operator in Lagos, the Agency had also placed a post no debit order on his identified bank accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, a professional methamphetamine (Mkpuru Mmiri) cook, Reuben Bekweri, 34, has been arrested in Owerri while trying to distribute a kilogram of the illicit drug he cooked and packaged in seven nylon sachets in the Irete Area of Imo state capital on Saturday 26th March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Ado Ekiti, narcotic officers on Monday 28th March also arrested a 42-year-old lawyer, Mr. Mayowa Oluwanisomo, in Zone 4, Embassy Island, Moferere area of the Ekiti state capital following credible intelligence that he deals in psychotropic substances. A total of 11, 570 tablets of Tramadol weighing 7.3kilograms were recovered from him when his residence was searched. He admitted ownership of the drug exhibits, adding that he graduated from Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti and Abuja campus of the Nigerian Law School in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a fleeing drug kingpin, and other six members of his drug syndicate gang operating at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, in Lagos State. The anti-narcotic agency said their arrest followed a string of fresh offensives against drug cartels across Nigeria. 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