The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two suspects – Aminu Ali Baba, 20, and Abdulrasheed Abubakar, 28 – in connection with the seizure of two bags containing 140 packets of explosives heading to Kano and Kaduna.
The NDLEA said this in a statement by its spokesperson Femi Babafemi on Sunday. He said the two suspects were arrested on Friday, January 23.
“The bags were intercepted in a commercial bus along Kaduna- Zaria highway, Zaria, while Aminu Ali Baba was arrested at Karota park in Kano and Abdulrasheed Abubakar nabbed at Mando park in Kaduna in swift follow-up operations,” the statement added.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, retiree Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, while commending tbe operatives, enjoined them and their colleagues across the country to maintain the current standard of professionalism in all their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction activities.
