Crime
NDLEA intercepts ephedrine disguised in packs of semovita bound for South Africa
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA has intercepted drugs worth millions of naira.
The Agency revealed this through a statement signed by its Director, Media & Advocacy on September 3rd, 2023.
Through credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives on Friday, August 25, 2023, intercepted a notorious drug trafficker, Suleiman Babatunde Oba who is a member of a cartel distributing Cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine and Ephedrine between Nigeria, Brazil, Ghana, South Africa, Mozambique, and Europe.
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He was arrested while attempting to board a Rwanda Air flight to South Africa with two boxes loaded with ephedrin£ sealed in semovita packs. The recovered substance is a precursor chemical and active ingredient in the production of methamphetamine
A follow-up raid in the house of Salami located at 75 Wosilatu Dawodu Street, Ijesha, Aguda area of Surulere, Lagos on 28th August revealed that he had fled the country on the same day Suleiman was arrested.
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