Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Saturday, April 15, arrested one Atiku Abubakar, 22, while travelling from Lagos to Shinkafi in Zamfara State.
Abubakar was arrested in a commercial bus with 50 blocks of cannabis weighing 28kg.
The Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement dated Sunday, April 16, 2023.
According to Babafemi, the operatives also arrested other suspects, including one Bishir Saadu, Muhamadu Yusuf, Christopher Agodi and Salisu Abdullahi.
The statement reads: “In Katsina state, no less than 1,730 bottles of codeine-based syrup were seized from a suspect, Bishir Saadu in Katsina metropolis on Sunday 9th April just as Muhamadu Yusuf was equally arrested same day with 8,000 capsules of tramadol inside a commercial bus along Kano – Katsina road.
“In the same vein, NDLEA operatives in Kaduna on Thursday 13th April raided a clandestine laboratory where mist potassium citrate was being produced in a residential apartment at 16 Sabon Gari, Zaria.
“The owner of the lab, Christopher Agodi was arrested and 102 cartons containing 2,448 bottles of the substance recovered.
“A suspect, Salisu Abdullahi, 25, was arrested along Abuja-Kaduna road with 11.7kg cannabis concealed in two jerrycans, which he was moving from Port Harcourt to Kano.
“Operatives also on Saturday 15th April nabbed one Atiku Abubakar, 22, on the same road with 50 blocks of cannabis weighing 28kg while travelling from Lagos to Shinkafi in Zamfara state in a commercial bus.”
