Bursted!!!NDLEA Arrests Suspects With N2.5bn Worth Of Drugs Concealed In Packs Of Cereal, Foodstuff, Industrial Fillers
The Cross River State
Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said it has
arrested two suspected drug barons on Yahe-Ikom Trans International Highway.
It said the suspects
were nabbed for possessing 76.050 kilogrammes of
Methamphetamine and 100.1 kilogrammes of Ephedrine, worth N2.5 billion.
The Commander, Mrs.
Anthonia Edeh, told reporters in Calabar yesterday that the suspects, Mr. Azuka
Emmanuel, 55 and Ndubuisi Okafor, 23, were caught in a commercial bus with the
drugs.
She said NDLEA
operatives on stop-and-search recovered the drugs concealed in a cereal pack,
while the Ephedrine was found inside foodstuff packs and five industrial
fillers.
Edeh reiterated the
command’s commitment to rid the state of drugs. She hailed the officials.
The commander
solicited the cooperation of the public to fight drug dealers.
She urged the people
to be mindful of Methamphetamine, which she described as harmful.
Mrs. Edeh enjoined
the government to assist it in logistics, to enable it traverse the nooks and
crannies.
She said the suspects
would be arraigned at the Federal High Court as soon as investigations were
concluded.
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