The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested several individuals, including a Lekki-based businessman, Arokodare Damil Ebenezer, for their involvement in illicit drug shipments to Nigeria and Europe.

Ebenezer, 43, was arrested at Bay Lounge in Lekki, Lagos, while expecting to take delivery of his latest drug consignment. His arrest followed the seizure of his cargo, which arrived in Nigeria in seven big cartons at a logistics company in Lagos.

The NDLEA also thwarted an attempt by another businessman, Omoruyi Terry, to export 1,400 pills of tramadol 225mg weighing 800 grams to Italy. Omoruyi was intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

In Katsina, four suspects were arrested during an intelligence-led raid operation at Godai village in Daura LGA, where 684 blocks of compressed skunk and 86,000 pills of diazepam were recovered.

The NDLEA also destroyed 13,198 kilograms of cannabis sativa in Edo forests across parts of the state. The agency’s operatives evacuated 158kg of the substance for possible prosecution.

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the officers and men of the agency for their operational successes and extended Eid-el-Fitr greetings to them, their families, and Nigerians at large.