The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 28-year-old man, Habibu Sabitu, after operatives found 1,700 tablets of Diazepam concealed inside loaves of bread during a stop-and-search operation along the Zaria–Kano–Hadejia road.
The arrest was among a series of operations in Kano, Delta and Plateau states that led to the recovery of large quantities of controlled drugs and the arrest of several suspects.
According to a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters Femi Babafemi , in Kano, a separate raid at Sabon Gari resulted in the arrest of 20-year-old Saidu Adamu with a staggering 785,000 capsules of Pregabalin, weighing 669.425 kilogrammes.
In Plateau State, NDLEA operatives also arrested 51-year-old Chinedu Uzor at Katako Market in Jos, with 157,100 capsules of Tramadol.
Meanwhile, two separate operations in Ughelli and Asaba, Delta State, led to the arrest of Emeka Oji and Chukwuebuka Anedi.
Recovered from the suspects were ampoules of Pentazocine injection, Codeine syrup, Tramadol, Diazepam, Flunitrazepam, also known as Hypnox, and MDMA, popularly called Molly.
The agency said some of the drugs were cleverly concealed inside music speakers.
In Edo State, the NDLEA also intensified its crackdown on illicit cannabis cultivation, destroying 4,832.56 kilogrammes of skunk from cannabis farms in Usen, Igwe-Oke and Ogboha forests.
The farms were located across Ovia South West, Owan East and Owan West Local Government Areas, where 39-year-old Sunday Segun was arrested on Friday, September 11.
The latest operations underscore the agency’s continued efforts to disrupt the trafficking of pharmaceutical drugs, synthetic substances and illicit cannabis across the country.