The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu, and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
Operatives of the anti-narcotics agency on patrol around the Opolo area of Yenagoa on Sunday, March 10, 2024, intercepted the motorcycle dispatch rider, Edesemi, and recovered 200 grams of chin-chin produced with cannabis sativa, which he was on a mission to deliver to a buyer.
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NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said, “A swift follow-up operation led to the arrest of the hairdresser, Josephine, who distributed the drugged chin-chin from the salon where she works in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa. A search of the salon also led to the recovery of 3.00 kilograms, bringing the total weight of the illicit substance seized from the duo to 3.2kg.
“Investigations revealed that they distribute the chin-chin, often laced with cannabis and tramadol, to students and at birthday parties. While Edesemi handles the delivery to buyers, Josephine is a major distributor to a wanted suspect who produces the drugged chin-chin.”
Also, NDLEA operatives in Adamawa State on Wednesday, March 13, arrested two wanted suspects: Ajim Samuel (aka Boss), 30, and Davidson John Joshua (aka Dantala), 36, while on their way from Onitsha, Anambra State, where they had gone to buy a consignment of tramadol containing 14,428 pills of the opioid, which they tucked in the body compartments of their black Honda Civic car marked YLA 623 SL. They were nabbed along Numan-Jalingo Road.
Also recovered from them were 21 grams of cannabis and monetary exhibits totaling N19,280.
In Osun State, commercial bus driver Ogunleye Adegoke, 49, was arrested along the Gbongan-Ibadan road after NDLEA operatives discovered 2,000 capsules of tramadol, 60 tablets of rohypnol, and 10 bottles of codeine syrup concealed in the spare tyre compartment of his vehicle.
While a total of 343,000 pills of opioids were seized by NDLEA officers from a suspect, Lawan Abubakar, 33, in Azare town, Katagum, Bauchi State, on Friday, March 15th, the same day the Nigerian Army transferred a suspect, Muhammadu Rabi’u, 37, with 64,000 pills of tramadol recovered from him to the Bauchi State command of NDLEA.
At Sagamu Interchange, Ogun State, at least 24kg of cannabis was seized from the driver of a transport company, Ikechukwu Obialo, on Wednesday, March 13th, while in Kano, two suspects, Ali Amadu, 27, and Adamu Hassan, 33, were nabbed with a total of 125.3 kg of cannabis; 3,400 pills of tramadol, and 30 bottles of codeine syrup.