The operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 48-year-old one legged man, Amadu Garba with six bags of cannabis at his house at Kebbi State.
The suspect, an indigene of Yawuri town was arrested with cannabis weighing 67kg on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.
The Agency’s Spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi in a statement issued on Sunday said the cannabis bags were recovered from him.
Also, in Abuja, two suspects: 60-year-old Ademola Elusakin and 34-year-old Nuhu Friday Adamu were arrested by NDLEA operatives on Monday July 15, with 30.0kg of the same psychoactive substance along Kwali-Gwagwalada-Abuja expressway on their way from Lagos to Nasarawa state.
Elusakin claimed he procured the consignment from Ghana via Lagos with Keffi, Nasarawa state as his final destination, where they were it supply it to some illegal miners operating in the area.
At least, 305 blocks of cannabis weighing 152.5kg were recovered from a suspect, Sale Bukar, 39, who was arrested at Geidam in Yobe state on Sunday July 14, while taking the illicit consignment to Diffa, in Niger Republic.
While a suspect: Aham Regal Chinemeze, 43, was nabbed on Thursday July 18, with 60kg of same substance along Owerri – Onitsha expressway, Imo state.