76-year-old, Fake Security Agent, Others In NDLEA’s Net Over Drug Deal
A suspected fake security agent, Godwin Ilevbare also known as Edwin Agbon has been apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing drug chocolates and cookies from Canada into Nigeria to sell.
Also, a 76-year-old man, Osagie Robert popularly known as Old Soldier was arrested on January 7, 2022 in Egor, Oredo in Edo state for dealing in cannabis.
Godwin on the other hand was nabbed during a controlled delivery of a consignment shipped into Nigeria through a courier company.
THECONSCIENCEng gathered that after the suspect signed for the consignment, undercover operatives embedded in the courier firm arrested him at his apartment in Benin city on Tuesday, January 4.
The consignment, which emanated from Canada, contained Colorado brand of Cannabis concealed inside chocolates and cookies weighing 6.491kg, while the drug cookies and chocolates weighed 5.566kg and 0.383kg respectively, according to the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.
In a related development, 48-year-old Iloduba Augustine, a passenger of Ethiopian Airlines who arrived Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was on new year eve arrested and placed on observation, during which he confessed to have swallowed 58 pellets of cocaine, out of which he excreted 48 pellets which were delivered to a Kenyan while on transit in Addis Ababa for a fee of N1million.
He said he continued his journey to Nigeria with the remaining 10 pellets in his stomach, which according to him, he intended to sell in Lagos. The wraps of cocaine were later excreted at 10:40am on New Year day, Saturday, January 1.
In Niger State, 23-year-old Simon Richard, a 500 level student of the Dept. of Agric Economics and Extension, Federal University of Technology, Minna was arrested at Gidan Kwano Talba road, Minna with different quantities of Loud and Tramadol.
On Thursday, January 6, while in Benue State, a 21-year-old lady, Shidoo Ben was nabbed with 14 pinches of crack cocaine at Jada Hotel, Otukpo on Friday, January 7.
She was said to have travelled from Abuja to sell the drug in Benue.
