The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, on Sunday, said it has intercepted large consignments of various opioids and illicit substances concealed in building materials.
Femi Babafemi , the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, in a statement, said its operatives made the arrests during relentless nationwide offensive against drug cartels.
The efforts also led to the arrest of a 75-year-old grandpa in Ebonyi, and four notorious female drug dealers
Babafemi who described the success as a major blow to opioid trafficking networks in Taraba state, noted that this was the result of credible intelligence which led to the interception of a truck conveying building materials from Onitsha, Anambra state to Jalingo.
According to him, a “thorough search of the vehicle by NDLEA operatives at the Nukkai Timber Shade, Jalingo, led to the discovery of a massive drug stash concealed beneath the cargo, while a 22-year-old suspect, Buhari Abdullahi, was
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