NDLEA arrests 42, hunts suspected drug baron in Edo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State has arrested 42 suspected drug traffickers. The arrests were made in September, and among those arrested were 20 males and 22 females.

The NDLEA also destroyed 10 cannabis farms covering 3.69 hectares in the state. During the operations, the agency seized 271.92348 kg of illicit substances, including 245.29 kg of cannabis sativa, 25.97 kg of psychotropic substances, and 0.66 kg of methamphetamine, as well as 62.6 litres of codeine syrup, according to the Daily Post Nigeria.

A suspected notorious drug trafficker, Gospel Mudiaga Odeh, also known as Omega, was arrested alongside his 26-year-old sales girl, Ojugo Mercy, but Odeh narrowly escaped and was declared wanted by the agency, leaving behind a black Toyota Matrix. The vehicle had 65 grams of cannabis, N1.16 million, and 55 Ethiopian birr recovered from it.

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