The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two drug kingpins, Victor Nwosa and Felix Obiegbu, for drug trafficking.
In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the agency’s Special Operations Unit (SOU).
He said this was after consignments of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine being prepared for export to Europe and beyond were recovered from their Lagos homes.
Mr Babafemi added that this followed weeks of intelligence and surveillance on their criminal networks.
He, however, said 64-year-old Nwosa paraded himself as a successful textile merchant, adding that 49-year-old Obiegbu was known to many as a businessman who was into wine distribution.
“At the time they were preparing their consignments for export, NDLEA-SOU operatives who had for months put them under surveillance, swooped on them in different parts of Lagos.
“Nwosa was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at his 16 Femi Kila Street, Okota home, where 4.33 kilograms of heroin and 448 grams of cocaine were recovered during a search of his house.
“In his case, Obiegbu was arrested on Thursday, 11th September at his 5 Shada Shonefun street, Aguda Surulere home, where in the course of a search, 2.902 kilograms of methamphetamine were uncovered and seized,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mr Babafemi said NDLEA operatives stopped attempts by suspected suppliers of illicit drugs to terrorists and bandits in Borno and Yobe to move illicit drugs concealed in the engine compartment of a Mercedes-Benz jeep.
Mr Babafemi also said a lady’s travelling bag was intercepted by NDLEA operatives during stop-and-search operations in the two states.
According to him, in Borno, following weeks of intelligence, NDLEA officers on Saturday, September 21, arrested Kaka Ibrahim, 26, in Njimtilo village while driving a Mercedes-Benz GLK marked JRE 987 AE towards the Damaturu road.
“A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 39,380 pills of tramadol 225mg and Exol-5 stuffed in the engine compartment of the jeep.
“The same day in Yobe state, NDLEA operatives intercepted a lady, Halima Adamu, along the Damaturu-Maiduguri road.
“This is where 39 parcels of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 1.4kg, were found concealed inside the casing of her travelling bag.
“A swift follow-up operation led to the arrest of another lady linked to the consignment, Habiba Muhammad, at her Baga road, Maiduguri home,” he said.
(NAN)
