The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested five cross-border female drug traffickers at the Seme border.
The team were said to be on their way back to Lagos from Ghana when the operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the NDLEA intercepted them.
According to a statement issued by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, the leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Olaribigbe Bashirat Feyisara has been under NDLEA radar before being tracked and arrested on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
She was apprehended along with other members of her gang: Abogun Fatimah Ladidi; Osibeluwo Tolulope Oluwaseun; Akanni Balikis Oluwatoyin and Ajetumobi Amudalat.
At the point of their arrest at the Seme border, a total of 14 packs of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, weighing a total of 6.97kg, were recovered from hidden parts of their bodies.