Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted large consignments of ‘Ghanaian Loud’, a strong strain of cannabis sativa, smuggled into Lagos from Ghana. The consignments were loaded in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14,524.8 kilograms. One driver was arrested while two others managed to escape. The arrested driver is said to work with a wanted drug baron.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ) have intercepted large consignments of ‘ Ghanaian Loud ’, a strong strain of cannabis sativa, smuggled into Lagos from Ghana loaded in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14,524.8 kilograms. The three vehicles conveying jumbo bags of the psychoactive substance were trailed and intercepted at Ojuelegba area of Lagos in the early hours of Sunday, January 28, 2024.
A statement signed by the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, said in the process of blocking the vehicles, two of the drivers jumped off on motion while the third driver, 66-year-old Nasiru Ojomu, who works with a wanted Mushin-based drug baron, Suleiman Jimoh (alias Olowo Idi Ogede, also known as Temo), was arrested. Babafemi noted that in the last three years, NDLEA operatives have seized several shipments of same psychoactive substance worth billions of naira linked to Temo, adding that the wanted drug lord has since gone into hiding while the Agency continued manhunt for hi
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