Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have recovered significant quantities of illicit drugs during coordinated raids across several States, including Lagos, Borno , Kaduna, Jigawa, Edo and Osun.
According to NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, a 65-year-old driver was arrested at Ile-Ife toll gate along the Ibadan–Ilesha expressway in Osun, transporting seven kilograms of skunk and fifteen grams of methamphetamine.
In Borno State, operatives arrested a 27-year-old suspect along the Damaturu–Maiduguri road, recovering seventy-six thousand, four hundred and forty pills of Tramadol.
NDLEA officers intercepted a vehicle carrying three hundred and ninety-three blocks of compressed skunk weighing two hundred and ninety kilograms, leading to the arrest of two suspects in Kaduna State.
In Lagos, a raid at Awolowo Market at Mushin uncovered a further seven hundred and forty kilograms of skunk.
The agency said the operations were based on intelligence, forming part of ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking and abuse across the country.