Abuja: In a dramatic raid on Mosafuneto camp along Erinmo Road, Efon‑Alaaye, Ekiti State, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested an 80‑year‑old grandfather allegedly caught with methamphetamine and other illicit substances.
The operation, part of a wider crackdown on drug trafficking networks, stunned locals who described the suspect as a longtime resident of the community.
This was contained in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi.
Babafemi said that the NDLEA operatives arrested the suspect on March 26 with a total of 2.2kg of suspected skunk and 1.8 grams of suspected methamphetamine.
He also said that 894.72kg of the same psychoactive substance was seized from another suspect when an uncompleted building was raided by NDLEA officers at Ogbese, in the Akure North area of Ondo State, the same day.
He further said that not less than 116.7kg of suspected skunk was recovered from a suspect during a raid operation at Pevi village, Guma LGA, Benue, on March 24.
The NDLEA director of media and advocacy also said that on March 23, operatives uncovered a warehouse in Ekpoma town, Esan West LGA.
He said this operation resulted in the arrest of a suspect and the seizure of 576.5 kg of suspected skunk and 33 bottles of codeine-based syrup.
He continued, similarly, that in Taraba, NDLEA officers, acting on reliable intelligence, intercepted a truck marked DUT 457 ZB on March 24. The truck was conveying 100 blocks of compressed suspected skunk. The load weighed 135 kilogrammes and was concealed in bags of animal feed from Garbachede to Gombe.
He added that two suspects were apprehended in connection with this seizure.
He added that the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy activities by NDLEA commands have continued across the country.
He said the activities include WADA sensitisation lectures delivered to students and staff of Community Secondary School, Itigidi, Abi LGA, Cross River, and Government Girls Secondary School, Yola, Adamawa, among others.
