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NDLEA: Nab Two For Smuggling Tramadol Pill

POSTED ON March 17, 2024 •   Breaking News      BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara •   VIEWS 228

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu; and a 30-year-old dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to school students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

The development was revealed by the spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, detailing the weekly arrests of suspects and drugs seized by the anti-narcotics agency.

Babafemi noted, “NDLEA officers on patrol around the Opolo area of Yenagoa had on Sunday, March 10, 2024, intercepted the motorcycle dispatch rider, Edesemi, and recovered 200 grammes of chin-chin produced with Cannabis Sativa, which he was on a mission to deliver to a buyer.

“A swift follow-up operation led to the arrest of the hairdresser, Josephine, who distributes the drugged chin-chin from the salon where she works in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa.

“A search of the salon also led to the recovery of 3.00kg, bringing the total weight of the illicit substance seized from the duo to 3.2kg.

“Investigations reveal that they distribute the chin-chin often laced with cannabis and tramadol to students and at birthday parties. While Edesemi handles the delivery to buyers, Josephine is a major distributor to a wanted suspect who produces the drugged chin-chin.”

The statement further revealed that NDLEA operatives in Adamawa State on Wednesday, March 13, “arrested two wanted suspects – Ajim Samuel (aka Boss), 30, and Davidson Joshua (aka Dantala), 36, while on their way from Onitsha, Anambra State where they had gone to buy a consignment of tramadol containing 14, 428 pills of the opioid which they tucked in the body compartments of their black Honda Civic car marked YLA 623 SL.

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