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Military Officer Plants Drug In Brother’s House, Reports To NDLEA

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Military Officer Plants Drug In Brother House

Operatives of the Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company have arrested a army officer, Anayo Nwamban, for allegedly plotting to implicate his brother.

A spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in an announcement on Sunday, stated Nwamban, after planting a drug in his brother’s home, reported him to the company.

Nevertheless, the reality got here to mild after the drug provider was arrested.

Babafemi stated, “In Ebonyi State, a army officer, Anayo Nwamban, who purchased 1.1 kilogrammes of hashish from Mami market, planted identical in his elder brother’s home after which made a report back to the NDLEA workplace with a view to implicating his brother, was arrested on Friday, September 3. After the arrest of his provider, he admitted to buying and planting identical in his brother’s home.”

The official stated the company additionally arrested a 22-year-old member of the Nationwide Youth Service Corps, Arnold Maniru, for allegedly importing 4 kilogrammes of drugged candies from the UK.

“The youth corps member serving with a authorities company in Abuja was arrested on Saturday, August 28, 2021, following the interception of a consignment on the warehouse of a transport firm.

“A managed supply of the parcel, which accommodates the candies laced with Arizona, a powerful variant of hashish and a few liquid, was subsequently carried out,” he added.

In a associated improvement, operatives hooked up to courier corporations in Lagos reportedly intercepted 1.2kg of hashish hid inside locally-made cookies going to Dubai, UAE and 920grams of cocaine hidden inside artificial hair heading for Saudi Arabia.

One other 1.08kg hashish hid in spray cans going to Pakistan and 625g of methamphetamine hidden in clothes heading to Australia have been additionally reportedly seized.

The assertion stated, “Throughout the states, operatives additionally intensified arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit medicine. A complete of 384.7kg of various narcotics being transported to the nation’s capital, Abuja, on the market have been intercepted and seized at patrol factors in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Monday, August 20, and Thursday, September 2, 2021.

“A truck, with quantity plate, Plateau AA 462 QAP, pushed by 50-year-old Danlami Dodo, coming from Onitsha, Anambra, with Abuja, FCT as vacation spot, was intercepted at a patrol level in Lokoja.

*Upon a search, the next psychoactive substances have been found packed in sacks and cartons: 1,975 bottles of cough syrup with codeine, weighing 282kg; 199 packets of Exol-5 tablets weighing 75.4kg; 250 packets of Diazepam tablets weighing 15.4kg; Hashish Sativa weighing 5.9kg; and one packet of Ketamine injection, all weighing 378.7kg.”

The Chairman and Chief Government Officer of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Marwa (retd.), counseled the commanders, officers and males of the company for maintaining the warmth on drug traffickers and sellers within the nation.