Nigeria’s Anti-narcotic Agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Lekki-based artistes’ manager and his Ikoyi businessman accomplice who specialize in distributing illicit drugs to fun seekers at VIP night clubs and lounges Lagos state South West Nigeria.
The agency’s spokesperson Mr Femi BabaFemi in a statement disclosed that their arrest followed an intelligence about a shipment of Colorado, a synthetic strong strain of cannabis coming for them from Los Angeles, United States of America USA.
A suspect Oseni Abdulraheem Babatunde (aka Papalampa) was the first to be arrested in his house at No. 3 Ope Daniel Taiwo Street, off Chisco Bus-Stop, Lekki area of Lagos when the consignment arrived on Sunday 23rd July.
BabaFemi said a total of ten (10) parcels of Colorado weighing 2.50kg concealed inside large tins of coffee and duvets linked to Oseni were also intercepted by NDLEA operatives.
In a follow-up search of his residence, operatives recovered some quantities of the same substance, a digital weighing scale and other paraphernalia.
Also, an Ikoyi-based businessman, Nnadi Kingsley Ikenna linked to the shipment was away in South Africa when the consignment arrived.
“While operatives maintained surveillance around his Ikoyi residence, they also set their dragnet for him at the airport and arrested him.”
Similar arrests and illicit drug interceptions were made in MMIA, Apapa, Enugu, Anambra, Ondo, Lagos, FCT and Ogun by NDLEA’S operatives.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, Mohamed Buba Marwa commended the officers and men of the affected commands for their resilience and commitment.
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