• …Nabs physically challenged drug dealer 

The Marine Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Ebute Ero jetty in Lagos State has arrested two Malians—Mohammed Demoele, 38 and Coulibaly Maliki, 56—for attempting to export 34.2kg bottles of new psychoactive substance, Akuskura, to Mali through Cotonou, Benin Republic.

The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, stated this on Sunday in Abuja.

In the same vein, attempt by a businesswoman, Mrs Pamela Odin, 32, to traffic 2.150kg tablets of rohypnol through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja to Istanbul, Turkey has been thwarted by NDLEA operatives.

The mother of one was arrested on Friday, September 23, while attempting to board a Turkish Airlines flight with the drug concealed inside pepper and packed among foodstuffs.

The indigene of Afiesere village, Ughelli North LGA of Delta State, said she operated a restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey, but came to Nigeria to see her relatives and buy food items for her restaurant business.

Also, the agency’s Marine Unit in Ogun State on Saturday, October 1 arrested a physically challenged drug dealer, Abdulrahman Mohammed, with 104kg of compressed hemp.

Another suspect, Ms Safiya Bello, was arrested in the Shagamu area of the state with 27kg of psychotropic substances.

The chairman/chief executive of NDLEA, retired Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended the officers and men of Seaports Operations, MMIA, Ogun, and Taraba commands for their resilience.

He charged them and others across the country to intensify the ongoing offensive against drug cartels and traffickers wherever they may be located in the country.