Two articulated vehicles disguising as conveying cartons of beer have been reportedly intercepted by operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) in Edo state.
This additionally led to the invention of seven,245 kilograms of skunk hashish and the arrest of 5 suspected traffickers.
The seizure, estimated at N724.5 million, is claimed to mark a significant breakthrough for the Edo state command and a big disruption of an inter-state drug trafficking community.
Commander of Narcotics within the state, Mitchell Ofoyeju, who said this Monday, stated the operation was carried out alongside the Auchi–Abuja Highway following 72 hours of intelligence gathering and surveillance by NDLEA officers.
Ofoyeju added that the vehicles had been initially suspected to be transporting reputable items however had been discovered upon search to be concealing a whole bunch of baggage of hashish.
He stated a breakdown of the seizure confirmed that one of many vehicles, with registration quantity OYO LUY 172 XC, contained 260 luggage weighing 3,900kg, whereas the second truck, marked OYO LUY 281 XC, carried 223 luggage weighing 3,345kg, bringing the entire to 483 luggage.
”The suspects arrested in reference to the seizure are Ibrahim Abu (29), Abu Abdullazeez (28), Jibril Jaminu (35), Andrew Moses (22), and Ganiyu Abu (21), all indigenes of Etsako East and Etsako West native authorities areas of Edo state.
“Preliminary investigations indicated that the consignment originated from Sabongida-Ora in Owan West native authorities space and was en path to Abuja earlier than it was intercepted,” the commander added.