The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 75-year-old grandmother and two couples in separate operations across Oyo, Lagos, and Ekiti states, with over 1.5 tonnes of illicit drugs recovered.
The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the most striking raid occurred on Saturday, in the Dangote area of Elekara, Oyo Town.
He said that NDLEA operatives recovered 118 jumbo bags containing 1,416kg of skunk concealed under sawdust in the grandma’s house, adding that two other suspects were also arrested.
According to him, the operatives in Lagos on Friday, raided the home of a wanted drug dealer in Ogombo, Ajah, and arrested a couple, nine bottles of codeine syrup and 30 grammes of skunk were recovered.
”A swift follow-up operation at the suspect’s wife’s shop in the Patey area of Lagos Island led to the recovery of two additional
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