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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 45-year-old drug dealer, Godwin Emuneyin, who is physically challenged and uses a wheelchair as cover to deal in illicit substances such as methamphetamine and skunk in Afuze, headquarters of Owan East local government area of Edo state.
This was made known in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared on the agency’s Facebook page on Sunday.
The statement in part said, “The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, November 7, at his base in Afuze following credible intelligence.
“As at the time of his arrest, a wooden box used to conceal illicit substances, including 18 pinches of methamphetamine, one block, and 71 wraps of skunk, was recovered from him.
“In other interdiction operations in Edo state, NDLEA operatives, on Monday, November 6, recovered 42 bags of skunk weighing 480kgs from a camp in Aviosi forest in Owan West LGA, while the Utese forest in Ovia North East LGA was also raided same day with 231.5kgs of the substance recovered and a cannabis farm measuring 0.778960 hectare destroyed.”