NDLEA arrest 5 suspects with 7,245kg of illicit drugs worth N724.5milli hidden in cartons of beer in Edo

Operatives of the Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, person intercepted 7,245 kilograms of skunk cannabis, estimated astatine N724.5 million, hidden successful cartons of brew successful the state.

Mitchell Ofoyeju, the Edo State Commander of the NDLEA, disclosed this to newsmen connected Monday, April 13, 2026, astatine a property briefing successful Benin City.

Ofoyeju said 5 suspects were arrested successful transportation with the illicit drugs.

He said the drugs were intercepted successful 2 articulated trucks connected Saturday, April 11, 2026, by a ace squad of the bureau portion acting connected actionable quality on the captious Auchi-Abuja Road axis.

He gave the names of the suspects, who helium said are each indigenes of Etsako East and Etsako West section authorities areas of the state, arsenic Ibrahim Abu (29), Abu Abdullazeez (28), Jibril Jaminu (35), Andrew Moses (22), and Ganiyu Abu (21).

The Edo State NDLEA brag added that this was the archetypal clip successful the past of the bid that 2 trucks laden with illicit drugs were intercepted astatine the aforesaid time.

While describing the seizure arsenic a monumental operational occurrence and the culmination of seventy-two hours of meticulous quality gathering and surveillance by officers of the command, helium opined that it disrupted the ...