Written by
Ishioma Appiah-Yeboah
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 65 Battalion have intercepted a truck conveying a large consignment of illicit drugs along the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Road.
The operation, carried out on the ninth of July following credible intelligence, led to the arrest of the truck driver. Preliminary investigations indicate that the illicit drugs were being transported to the Berger area of Lagos State.
According to the Army, the suspect could not provide satisfactory information about the ownership or intended recipient of the consignment.
The Commanding Officer of 65 Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel S. Adeojo, subsequently handed over the suspect and the recovered drugs to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Lagos State Command, for further investigation and prosecution.
Commending the troops, the General Officer Commanding 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Adebayo Babalola, praised their vigilance, professionalism and operational effectiveness. He urged personnel to sustain the momentum of ongoing operations and intensify efforts to deny drug traffickers and other criminal elements freedom of action within the division’s area of responsibility.