A total of 390kg of illicit drugs have been seized in Kano, Kaduna, Borno and Oyo states in raids conducted between May 30 and June 3.
Spokesperson of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr Femi Babafemi, revealed this on Sunday in Abuja.
He said two suspects, Ma’aruf Rabiu and Abubakar Mustapha, were picked up on May 30 on Zaria-Kano Road in Kano State.
Babafemi said both suspects were found with 260 blocks of Indian hemp weighing 39.4kg.
He said a third suspect, Auwal Ibrahim, was arrested with 38kg of Indian hemp on May 31 on Kaduna-Abuja Road.
“Also on May 31, a 35-year-old female suspect, Bilkisu Isiya, was arrested at Birnin Yero, Kaduna in possession of 5.6kg Indian hemp,’’ Babfemi stated.
According to Babafemi, one Abubakar Usman and Adamu Yusuf were arrested at Bargu village in Shani Local Government Area of Borno on June 3 with 165 blocks of skunk weighing 140.7kg.
He said their arrest was made with the help of the military deep inside an insurgents’ environment.
“A female suspect, Hauwa Ibrahim, 25, was also nabbed in Bargu village with 6.4kg of skunk.
“Another suspect, Alhaji Abubakar, 27, was arrested at Njimtilo checkpoint, Borno with 4,200 ampoules of Pentazocine injection and different quantities of psychotropic D5 and exol-5 tablets.
“A 30-year-old suspect, Iroko Wasiu was arrested at a drug joint at Sabo Aba-Owolowo on Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway on May 30 and 31.2kg of cannabis was recovered from him.
“Two suspects, Deji Adelabu, 35, and Mutiu Salau, 37, were nabbed on May 31 in Sabo area on Oyo-Ogbomoso Road and at Awuro Dada area in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, respectively.
“They had a combined weight of 8kg Indian hemp on them,’’ Babafemi stated.
