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- National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives person arrested 3 suspects during a raid connected The Hook Hotel besides known arsenic Caesar Hotel and Caesar Lounge successful Victoria Island portion of Lagos state
- Illicit cause consignments worthy N1.042 cardinal lone successful thoroughfare worth were recovered from the 80-room caller hotel
- According to NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the five-storey edifice gathering was raided connected Friday 25th, and Saturday, April 26th, 2025
Victoria Island, Lagos state - Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) recovered N1.042 cardinal worthy of illicit cause consignments from an 80-room caller edifice successful Victoria Island successful Lagos state.
The NDLEA said the edifice is being utilized arsenic a screen for distributing illicit substances.
Source: Twitter
The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said aft hours of combing the rooms, the NDLEA officers recovered 589 bags of Canadian Loud, a beardown strain of cannabis with a full value of 417.3 kilograms.
He disclosed this successful a connection issued via the NDLEA X grip @ndlea_nigeria connected Sunday, April 27, 2025.
Babafemi said 3 suspects: Eze Ayitu; Ofuokwu Samuel; and Emmanuel Ameh were arrested successful the people of the cognition astatine the five-storey edifice building.
According to the statement, 2 different suspects: Noble Philip and his spouse Kenneth are presently astatine large.
He added that the cognition took spot betwixt Friday 25th and Saturday 26th April 2025.
Babafemi disclosed that the items were recovered astatine The Hook Hotel besides known arsenic Caesar Hotel and Caesar Lounge located astatine 16 Waziri Ibrahim Street, disconnected Elsie Femi Pearse Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The recovered items include: Toyota Prado Landcruiser Jeep (Lagos AKD 472 OZ); Toyota Sienna Vehicle (Lagos KJA 79 HJ); Volkswagen Delivery Van (Lagos AAA 525 JE); Kia Ceranto Car (Lagos BDG 860 GQ); Grand Caravan Dodge (Lagos APP 847 YF); 74 caller TV sets; 10 utilized TV sets; and 13 refrigerators, among others.
The NDLEA operatives besides arrested 3 Ghanaian ladies connected Sunday 20th April 2025 astatine the Gbaji checkpoint of the Seme borderline country of Badagry Lagos.
The suspects were arrested portion attempting to smuggle a combined 4.8 kilograms of Ghana Loud, a beardown strain of cannabis into Nigeria.
Babafemi identified the arrested suspects arsenic Haziza Zubairu, 42; Samirat Mustapha, 43; and Jamila Salifu, 26.
Nollywood histrion caught with illicit drugs successful Lagos hotel
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the NDLEA announced that US-trained filmmaker Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe was arrested connected December 27, 2024, successful his Lekki edifice country for engagement in cause trafficking.
Mbadiwe's partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James, was besides apprehended the aforesaid time astatine a warehouse successful Ajao Estate, Ikeja, wherever helium was collecting 33 parcels of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis.
The shipment, weighing 17.30 kilograms, had arrived astatine Murtala Muhammed International Airport from the United States, concealed successful ample woody boxes.
NDLEA arrests Malaysian Returnee for smuggling drugs
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that NDLEA operatives arrested a Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu (aka Richard), for drug trafficking.
41-year-old Udatu was arrested with 2 elephantine music speakers utilized to conceal illicit drugs connected Monday, April 7, 2025.
The fishy is an ex-convict who had been arrested, convicted, and jailed for cause trafficking offences portion successful Malaysia earlier returning to Nigeria.
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Source: Legit.ng
