Four wanted drug dealers, consisting of two men and two women have been arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos and Abuja.
The drug kingpins were said to be in connection with over 16,000 kilograms (16 tons) of illicit drugs. As maintained by THE NATION, Femi Babafemi, director media and avocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, said in a statement that the arrest of the four drug kingpins tops the lists of arrests made in the past week.
Babafemi said, “In Lagos, anti-narcotics officers who have been on the trail of 48-year-old Aro Aderinde for weeks arrested him on Sunday 16th October over his involvement in the export of 3,149kgs cannabis sativa concealed in coconut fibres via container number MSKU 1820587”.
“In the same vein, two women: Hauwawu Bashiru and Basirat Adebisi Yahaya linked to the attempt to export 90 kilograms of methamphetamine through Pastor Anietie Okon Effiong of Promise of Zion Church, Oron, Akwa Ibom state, were equally arrested in Lagos and moved to Uyo to face charges along with the clergyman. Pastor Effiong was earlier arrested on Saturday 6th August”.
“In the same vein, two women: Hauwawu Bashiru and Basirat Adebisi Yahaya linked to the attempt to export 90 kilograms of methamphetamine through Pastor Anietie Okon Effiong of Promise of Zion Church, Oron, Akwa Ibom state, were equally arrested in Lagos and moved to Uyo to face charges along with the clergyman. Pastor Effiong was earlier arrested on Saturday 6th August”.
He also stated that a-45-year old Monday Michael who is a notorious drug dealer in the Mushin-Isolo axis of Lagos was also nabbed on 17 October while moving 365.7Kgs of cannabis in two Toyota Sienna space buses with mark FST 189 FD and FST 273 GF.
