NDLEA intercept IEDs in Niger

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 399 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from one Oluwagbenga Leke.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the 33-year-old suspect was arrested on September 7 along Mokwa-Jebba Road in Niger State.

He said the suspect told the NDLEA operatives that the explosives were handed to him at a park in Ibadan, Oyo State, to be delivered to someone in Kaduna.

The spokesman added that the suspect and exhibits had since been transferred to the military authorities in Niger State.

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The operatives also arrested a suspected drug dealer, Yinka Azeez, at Sabo Lafenwa in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on September 5.

The arrest of the suspect followed the seizure of 41kgs of cannabis sativa from one Titilayo Adetayo at Sagamu Interchange the previous day.

Babafemi said: “Similarly, two suspects – Muhammad Aliyu (38), and Abdullahi Zakariya (40) – were arrested on September 5, along Zaria-Kano Road and at Hayin Arewa Hotoro in Kano, respectively. The two suspects had over 426.5 kilograms of skunk in their possession.”

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