Operatives arrested the suspect on Tuesday 7th November at his base in Afuze following credible intelligence.
Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi disclosed that, “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 cannabis, were recovered from him.
In other interdiction operations in Edo state, NDLEA operatives on Monday 6th November recovered 42 bags of cannabis weighing 480kgs from a camp in Aviosi forest in Owan West LGA.
Also at Utese forest in Ovia North East LGA, Edo state, operatives on the same day raided and recovered 231.5kgs of cannabis and a cannabis farm measuring 0.778960 hectares destroyed.
In Adamawa state, operatives on patrol along Ngurore-Yola road on Thursday 9th November intercepted a Toyota Corolla car marked TZG 97 KY loaded with 30, 899 Tramadol 225mg and 100mg pills concealed inside the body compartments of the car.
The driver found in possession of the drug exhibits, Sani Samaila (aka Isa Male), 25, said he was bringing the consignment from Jalingo, Taraba State to deliver in Yola, Adamawa State.
The previous day, Wednesday 8th November, a suspect, Abdullahi Sani (aka Danfulani) was arrested at Ngurore town in possession of some quantity of dried weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa in a white nylon.
