Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 32-year-old lady, Ubaida Aliyu, in possession of 573 rounds of 7.60 live ammunition.
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement he issued on Sunday.
Babafemi said the suspect, who was intercepted during a stop and search, “claimed she was attempting to deliver the ammunition to bandits in Sokoto”.
Also, a suspect, Godwin Udochukwu, 35, was arrested in connection with the seizure of 25,000 ampoules of Pentazocine injection by NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kaduna-Zaria highway.
Yet another suspect, Alkasim Mikailu, 35, was nabbed in Kano on a follow up operation following the seizure of 37,880 ampoules of Diazepam injection along Abuja-Kaduna highway.
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, retired Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, praised the officers and men of the agency for the “pulverizing onslaught against drug cartels across the country”.
He also expressed delight in the balance of their drug supply reduction efforts with drug demand reduction activities while urging them not to rest on their oars.
