NDLEA uncovers AK-47 rifle, seizes 5,350 pills of tramadol in Taraba

NDLEA operatives on patrol along Mokwa-Jebba Road on Thursday, May 15, intercepted a Toyota Carina car with registration number AGL 945 BK.

News Agency of Nigeria • May 18, 2025

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 29-year-old Ismail Isah with an AK-47 rifle and two magazines concealed in a sack of maize.

A statement by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesperson, on Sunday, said operatives on patrol along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway arrested the suspect on Friday, May 16.

Mr Babafemi said the suspect would be transferred to the appropriate security agency for further investigation.

Meanwhile, in Taraba, 5,350 pills of tramadol and diazepam were recovered from a suspect, Shafiu Ismail, 22.

Mr Babafemi said the suspect was arrested on Thursday, May 15, at Sabon-layin, Jalingo LGA, adding that Tijjani Mohammed, 35, was also nabbed with 198kg of skunk at Malamawa in Jigawa, the same day.

Similarly, in Niger, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Mokwa-Jebba Road on Thursday, May 15, intercepted a Toyota Carina car with registration number AGL 945 BK.

Mr Babafemi said the vehicle was conveying 316 blocks of skunk weighing 143 kg while a suspect, Idris Kamal, 35, was detained.

“The same day, operatives on patrol at Chachi junction along Kaduna Road arrested Emmanuel Hassan, 26, with 14.3kg of Loud.

“A swift follow-up operation led to the arrest of the actual owner of the consignment, Bello Aliyu (alias Liti), 39,” he said.

Also, Mr Babafemi said a 60-year-old suspect, Welman Kengbo, was nabbed by NDLEA officers with 594.8kg of skunk in the Karu area of Nasarawa State on Friday, May 16.

Mr Babafemi said another suspect, Toheeb Oyenuga, was arrested along the Lekki/Epe Expressway in Lagos State on Thursday, May 15, with 67.5kg of the same psychoactive substance.

Meanwhile, he said the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy activities by NDLEA commands equally continued across the country in the past week.

Some of them include: WADA sensitisation lecture delivered to students and staff of Supreme International School, Fagge, Kano; Al-Arifeen International Academy, Kaduna; and Nadado Primary School, Bakori, Katsina.

Others are Ila Orangun Grammar School, Ila Orangun, Osun; and students and staff of Government Secondary School, Onne, Rivers, among others.

(NAN)

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