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Authority in Nigeria has arrested a
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woman shid yet symbiot with cocaine
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worth over 5 billion naira of street she
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had hidden inside her children room
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which according to the national drug law
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enforcement agency NDLEA the suspect was
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identified as a key member of a drug
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cartel and as a result she was trailed
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to her home at number 31 on Asana Street
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Ser Lagos state on Tuesday the 9th of
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December 2025 and The thorough search of
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her home led to the discovery of blocks
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of cocaine weighing 2350
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kg concealed in a black suitcase
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recovered from her children's room.
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Ndlea in a news release on Sunday also
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stated that its men intercepted Italy
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bound opioids and naba businessman
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Benono's lady others in nationwide raids
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during the week. According to NDLEA,
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20 months after a cocaine trafficking
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cartel led by a couple, Balan Lukman
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Daer and Oleink to Bata Daer was smashed
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in Lagos and Ogan state by operatives of
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the National Drug Law Enforcement
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Agency, NDLEA, with multi-billion naira
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worth of the illicit drug recovered from
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him. Another leader of the syndicate,
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Sidanka Yet Symbiot, who went
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underground since May 2024, has been
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nabbed in her Lagos home where
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kg of the class of drug were recovered
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from her children's room. The kingpin
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Lukman and his queen Tohibat were
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arrested on Saturday the 25th of May
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2024 by operatives of a special
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operations unit of NDLEA at a BA along
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Lagos Bedagri expressway while
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attempting to cross the land border to
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deliver the consignment in Ghana. At the
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point of their arrest, 42 blocks of
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cocaine weighing 47.5 kg were found on
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them. A swift follow-up operation in
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their residence at plot 2425ths OPIC
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extension Peto road Abara Ogan state led
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to the recovery of additional eight
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blocks of the same drug weighing 10 kg
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bringing the total weight of the
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consignment ceased from the couple to
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Determined to reign in every member of
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the syndicate, the NDLEA operatives
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continued with follow-up intelligence
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and surveillance on the Transborder Drug
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Trafficking Organization until a
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39-year-old female stashkeeper, Sidank
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Yet Symbiot, was identified as a key
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member of the DTO. As a result, she was
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trailed to her 31 on Asana Street,
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Surer, Lagos residence on Tuesday, the
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9th of December, 2025.
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A thorough search of her home led to the
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discovery of blocks of cocaine weighing
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2350 kg concealed in a black suitcase
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recovered from her children's room. She
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admitted ownership of the drug
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consignment worth over 5 billion naira
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in street value. Meanwhile, NDLEA
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operatives attached to terminal 2
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departure hall of the Matala Muhammad
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International Airport, MMIA, Aeda Lagos,
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on Thursday the 18th of December,
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intercepted a 36-year-old businessman,
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Nwan Robinson Destiny with a total of
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1,020 pills of Tramodol, 225 mg, and
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tapentadol 200 mg concealed in his
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luggage while attempting to board a
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Royal Air Maro flight to Milan, Italy,
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where he's based. He claimed the
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successful trafficking of the opioids to
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Italy would have fetched him €200
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€200 from the person he was to deliver
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them to. At the semi border in Bedagree
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area of Lagos, a 48-year-old Beninois
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Leoardi Joseu was on Thursday the 18th
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of December arrested by NDLEA offices
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while attempting to cross into Nigeria
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tablets of tramodol 225 mg. Even as a
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suspect Abdulahi Adamu 30 was now along
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a looa highway with 28.40 40 kg skunk, a
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strain of cannabis in Colorado, a
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synthetic cannabis on Friday the 19th of
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December. In Oyo State, NDLEA operatives
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on Friday the 19th of December recovered
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125,000 capsules of Tramodol and 1,800
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amples of pentazosine injection in a
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Toyota Hias bus marked XD592
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all along Lagos Abardan Expressway.
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while two suspects Augen Lad Kazim 54
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and Adeleke Ishmal 30 were arrested with
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185.4 4 kg of skunk at challenge motor
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park Abarden on Wednesday the 17th of
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December. A total of 405 kg skunk was
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seized when NDLEA operatives raided a
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winner a Jesha forest in Osen state
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where a suspect Charles James 45 was
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nabbed on Friday the 19th of December
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while another suspect Jamalu Zachary 42
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was arrested with 14,960
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pills of Tramodol 225
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mg at Tolgate along Abuja Kaduna highway
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same day the Consignment of opioids was
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concealed in two colonaut sacks huvenoro
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coming from Abuja to Gusau Zanfar
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estate. Across all commands and
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formations of the agency nationwide
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NDLEA officers continued their war
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sensitization activities in schools,
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worship centers, workplaces and
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communities among others in the past
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week. These include Wilder enlightenment
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lecture to students and staff of
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secondary schools in an amber at women
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development center or youthcraft village
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malamasi katsina and members of nurw in
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aduitti akitty state among others while
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commending the officers and men of the
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special operations unit mmia se ki
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kaduna oo and osen commands for the
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arrests seizures and the dexterity
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Chairman Chief Executive Officer of
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Brigadier General Muhammad Baba Ma
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retired enjoin them and their colleagues
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across the country to remain extra
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vigilant during the festive season and
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ensure that highest standard of
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professionalism is maintained in all
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their drug supply reduction and drug
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demand reduction activities all through
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the period and beyond. According to Femi
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Baba Femi, director media and advocacy
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NDLEA on Sunday the 21st of December
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