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Physically Challenged Nigerian Drug Dealer Arrested For Drug Trafficking In Edo

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May 26, 2024

Zekere was arrested on Wednesday, May 22, with 751 grams of Loud, 178 grams of tramadol and pills of swinol, according to a statement issued by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media & Advocacy on Sunday.

A drug dealer living with a disability identified as Zekere Sufianu has been arrested in the Auchi area of Edo state by the personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Zekere was arrested on Wednesday, May 22, with 751 grams of Loud, 178 grams of tramadol and pills of swinol, according to a statement issued by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media & Advocacy on Sunday.

 

He said, "Operatives arrested a physically challenged notorious drug dealer, Zekere Sufianu, 45, at Auchi town on Wednesday 22nd May. At the time of his arrest, he was found with 751 grams of Loud, 178 grams of tramadol and pills of swinol.

 

"In a related development, NDLEA operatives at the NAHCO export shed of the Lagos airport have arrested a freight agent, Sonubi Mariam Abiodun over her attempt to cargo 8 parcels of cocaine weighing 2kg concealed in three out of six paint buckets containing shea butter packaged for export to the United Kingdom on Wednesday 22nd May.

 

"In Lagos, precisely at Igbo Elerin in Ojo local government area, NDLEA officers on Tuesday 21st May arrested a suspect, Odumegwu Obijofor producing and distributing skuchies, a mixture of black currant and illicit drugs. No fewer than 2,480 litres of the New Psychoactive Substance, NPS, were recovered from his clandestine factory when he was arrested.

 

"In Cross River state, while Ogar Emmanuel, was arrested with 2.5kg of cannabis at Ukpada Utugwan village, 29 sacks of the same substance weighing 290kg were recovered from the warehouse of another suspect, Usani Ikpi, who is currently at large. Three suspects: Sa'adu Sule, 23; Mukhtar Nura, 23; and Hamza Nura, 18, were nabbed at Jabiri Funtua, Katsina state on Friday 24th May with 129 blocks of cannabis weighing 70kg coming from Ogere, Ogun state.”

 

"No fewer than five suspects including Ezekiel Munda, 30; and Sule Mustapha, 21, were arrested by NDLEA operatives on Thursday 23rd May during raids at Karu Abattoir, Jikwoyi and Tora Bora hill area of FCT, Abuja, where 95.01kg of cannabis and different quantities of opioids were recovered from them," the statement added.