Edo: NDLEA nabs 49 suspects, seizes 2,596.29kg of illicit drugs in July

No less than 49 suspected cause traffickers were arrested by the Edo State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, successful July 2026.

NDLEA Commandant successful Edo State, Dr Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this on Thursday in Benin City during the decoration of 73 operatives promoted to caller ranks.

Ofoyeju said the arrested suspects see 29 females and 20 males.

He expressed interest implicit the precocious fig of females progressive successful drug-related crimes, noting that it highlighted a displacement successful the socio-economic vulnerability of women and a breakdown of accepted household stability.

He said successful the play nether review, three  warehouses were detected and raided successful the state.

He said 2 of the warehouses were successful Benin City and 1 astatine Illushi, portion 2 vehicles, a Toyota Sienna with registration fig Ondo NND 975 AG and a Toyota Camry with registration fig Edo BEN 503 BK utilized successful transporting cannabis were arsenic intercepted.

The NDLEA commandant said, “Cannabis led the seizure database with 2,588.4 kilograms, psychotropic substances 6.13 kilograms, cocaine 0.071 kg, heroin 0.005 kg, and methamphetamine 1.68 kg.

“Additionally, the bid seized 15.3 litres of codeine cough syrup and 10 cylinders of nitrous oxide, besides called laughing gas. These assorted nar...