Persons with disabilities are amongst individuals who have been nabbed for drug trafficking by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
They were nabbed over alleged involvement with drug trafficking, NDLEA officials have said.
Amongst them is a 60-year-old man Romanus Newborn and two other persons with disabilities (PWDs) and they were arrested during interdiction operations in parts of Anambra and Kwara States.
Other PWDs picked up include Amos Kenneth, 25, arrested in Anambra State and Usman Salisu nabbed in Kwara State, NDLEA’s spokesperson Femi Babafemi has said, adding that the arrest of the individuals followed credible information obtained by the agency.
He said operatives, acting on credible intelligence, traced Nwabara to Akpaka Forest, Onitsha on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 where he was found with 250grammes of skunk in retail sachets.
The agency reported many other bursts on persons over drug trafficking acts on Thursday May 7, at Ogbunike area of the state, where one Kenneth, 25, was arrested with 160.3grammes of Tramadol 225mg and 100mg; 80 pills of Diazepam; 38.23 grammes of Exol 5 and 176.93 grammes of skunk.
In Kwara, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Bode Saadu on Friday, May 8, intercepted a commercial vehicle and in the course of a search, one of the passengers, Salisu was found with 6.3 kilogrammes skunk concealed in a brown school bag.
The agency said operatives of it Special Operations Unit on Friday, May 8, raided a Lekki Lagos mansion used as stash house where 4,000 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of imported cannabis weighing 2,326 kilogrammes with a street value of over N5,815,000,000 were recovered.
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According to NDLEA, from a house located at 36 African Lane, Lekki Phase 1 were seized the following: two Mercedes Benz buses and different designer sachets used in packaging the illicit substance for retail distribution.
“While Emmanuel Osita Okeke, 38, was arrested with 129kg skunk at Nyanya Karu, Nasarawa State on Monday, May 4, NDLEA operatives on patrol on Okene/Lokoja Highway, Kogi State on Friday, May 8, intercepted a white commuter J5 bus heading to Abuja”, Babafemi said.
“A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 76 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 766kg and the arrest of three suspects: Mathew Omohove; Ebuka Desmond and Babangida Musa.
In an operation at Ijora Badia area of Lagos, NDLEA officers on Wednesday, May 6, raided a makeshift skuchies production factory where two suspects: Bose Jamiu and Gbenga Gege were arrested. They were caught in the act of cooking cannabis and mixing same with other illicit substances. A total of 270 litres of already produced skuchies and 106 gramnes of Tramadol 225mg were recovered from them, the NDLEA added.
