{"id":83653,"date":"2021-07-14T11:55:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83653"},"modified":"2021-07-14T11:55:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:55:54","slug":"ndlea-discovers-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ndlea-discovers-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA discovers drug cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered three drug cartels allegedly supplying illicit substances to some states.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also recovered skunk and cocaine weighing more than 843 kilogrammes.<\/p>\n<p>NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi announced the discovery in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Babafemi said that the operatives also arrested no fewer than seven of the drug kingpins behind the syndicates in separate raids in Kogi, Nasarawa and Benue states.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the arrest was made as the offenders attempted to evade the frequent road interdiction efforts by officers of the Kogi Command of the agency.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe also said that the cartels were intercepted on July 12 at a jetty in Idah, Kogi, in a car marked Lagos SMK 345 CG, loaded with 487 kilogrammes of cannabis.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIn Nasarawa State, a team of NDLEA operatives had on July 8 raided one of the most hostile drug joints in the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 356 kilogrammes of cannabis and various psychotropic substances were recovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is addition to the arrest of four major drug dealers, including the most notorious drug kingpin in Nasarawa State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis drug distribution tentacles cut across Kano State, Plateau, Benue and parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuriously, some quantities of cocaine were intercepted in Benue on July 8, July 9t and July 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndeed, the supplier was arrested with 29.17 grammes of crack cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn another raid on July 13, the Benue command also seized some quantities of cocaine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Babafemi quoted the Chairman, NDLEA, retired Brig.-Brig Buba Marwa, as commending the commanders, officers, and men of Kogi, Nasarawa State, and Benue commands of the agency.<\/p>\n<p>He said Marwa charged them not to relent but remain resolute in their commitment to rid every community of illicit drug peddling.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered three drug cartels allegedly supplying illicit substances to some states. 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