NDLEA Busts Drug Cartel Moving Consignments Through Waterways Between Kogi, Edo States

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted an interstate drug cartel supplying illicit substances through waterways in Idah, Kogi state.

A statement by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy said NDLEA operatives recovered skunk and cocaine from the drug peddlers.

He also confirmed the arrest of the drug kingpins behind the syndicates.

“In a bid to evade the frequent road interdiction efforts by officers of the Kogi state command of the Agency, a cartel led by one Augustine Emmanuel, 45, opted to move its consignments through the waterways between Edo and Kogi states.

“They were however intercepted on Monday 12th July 2021 at a jetty in Idah, Kogi State, where a Toyota Avalon car with registration number: Lagos SMK 345 CG, loaded with 487kg of cannabis and ferried across the waterways from Agenebode, Edo State to the jetty in Idah, was seized and the syndicate leader arrested,” he said.

Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) commended the Commanders, officers and men of Kogi, Nasarawa and Benue Commands of the Agency for taking the war against illicit drugs in Nigeria to the doorsteps of the cartels.

He charged them not to relent but remain resolute in their commitment to rid every community of the drug scourge.


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