{"id":112729,"date":"2024-06-23T23:57:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T22:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112729"},"modified":"2024-06-23T23:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T22:57:49","slug":"ndlea-bursts-snake-guarded-shrine-used-for-storing-drugs-in-edo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ndlea-bursts-snake-guarded-shrine-used-for-storing-drugs-in-edo\/","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA bursts snake-guarded shrine used for storing drugs in Edo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1802682745063386586\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said its operatives, during an operation in Edo State, uncovered a shrine, guarded by a snake, being used for storing illicit drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The NDLEA added that its operatives discovered a specially constructed large hole in a wall, hidden behind wallpapers and fetish objects used for drug storage.<\/p>\n<p>A statement on Sunday by the NDLEA\u2019s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, noted that methamphetamine, Loud, Colorado and Arizona, all strong strains of cannabis with a total weight of 8.743kg among others, were recovered from the shrine.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read, \u201cA snake-guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in Igor community, Benin city, Edo state, has been raided by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who detected a specially constructed large hole storage in a wall covered with wallpapers and fetish objects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDifferent quantities of illicit substances such as methamphetamine, Loud, Colorado and Arizona, all strong strains of cannabis with a total weight of 8.743kg were pulled out from the deep hole dug in the wall of the shrine building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Babafemi said two ladies were arrested and the snake was demobilised.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cAt least, two ladies: Sonia Chinonso Ezumezu and Risikatu Tijani were arrested during the intelligence-led operation on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 after the big black snake guarding the shrine was demobilised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate operation in the state, Babafemi said another two suspects were arrested with 209kg of cannabis.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nBabafemi stated, \u201cIn the same vein, two suspects: Obi Ferguson,45, and Ernest Abanum, 46, were arrested on Saturday, June 22 when NDLEA operatives raided the Usen forest in Ovia South West LGA, Edo state where 209kg cannabis and a motorcycle were recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Lagos, Babafemi said NDLEA officers intercepted a carefully packaged consignment of 8.2kg of methamphetamine at a motor park in Mazamaza, Ojo area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highly addictive illicit substance, also called ice or crystal meth, was packed in imported Dunkin\u2019 turtle love chocolate wraps and then concealed in the casing of three loudspeakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA 39-year-old suspect, Michael Odiomume who was sending the consignment to Owerri, Imo state was promptly arrested on Wednesday 19th June at the park,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Babafemi stated that a 76-year-old grandfather, identified as Francis Omofa, was arrested in Abuja in connection with 340.8 kg of cannabis sativa.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIn Abuja, operatives on Tuesday, June 18th intercepted a white Nissan Frontier pickup vehicle with amber lights and fake registration number of a security agency at Kiyi village in Kuje area of the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vehicle was loaded with 454 compressed blocks of cannabis sativa, weighing 340.8kg procured at Uzeba, Edo state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA 76-year-old grandfather, Mr Francis Omofa, linked to the consignment, was arrested. 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