NDLEA Arrests Drug Kingpin In Bayelsa, 7 Officers Sustain Injury

NDLEA Arrests Drug Kingpin In Bayelsa, 7 Officers Sustain Injury

Men of the National Rug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested a notorious drug dealer, Micha Godwin at Nukai market, along Jalingo-Wukari road, Taraba state.

During the arrest, at least seven operatives of the agency came under attack and we’re injured with one of their vehicles damaged.

Despite the attack, the officers managed to arrest their target after recovering some quantities of illicit drugs from the suspect and thereafter retreated to take the wounded to the hospital for treatment.

Following intelligence, the operatives on March 8, 2022 stormed the market at about 2.30pm to arrest the drug dealer and evacuate illicit substances in his warehouse. Soon after the arrest of Micha, miscreants mobilised from the community to attack the officers and vehicles with dangerous weapons.

A reinforcement from the state Command of the Agency and other security agencies was able to move in to rescue the operatives from the scene of the attack.

The drug dealer who is in custody said “what happened is bad because this is the second time I have been arrested and brought here but the first arrest was not like this. I dont know who invited the boys who attacked the NDLEA officers”

Reacting to the incident, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) condemned the attack and directed immediate switch to new operational guidelines that will make officers and men well positioned to defend themselves adequately in the course of carrying out their duties. He again warned that henceforth any obstruction or attack on NDLEA operatives in line of duty by suspects or their supporters would receive commensurate response.