NDLEA Arrests Physically Challenged Persons For Drug Trafficking

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 60-year-old man Romanus Newborn and two other persons with disabilities (PWDs) for drug trafficking during interdiction operations in parts of Anambra and Kwara States.

Other PWDs picked up include Amos Kenneth, 25, arrested in Anambra State and Usman Salisu nabbed in Kwara State.

NDLEA’s spokesperson Femi Babafemi said based on credible intelligence, Nwabara was on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 traced to Akpaka Forest, Onitsha where he was found with 250grammes of skunk in retail sachets.

The NDLEA noted that in a different raid at Ogbunike area of the state, NDLEA officers on Thursday May 7 arrested Kenneth, 25, with 160.3grammes of Tramadol 225mg and 100mg; 80 pills of Diazepam; 38.23 grammes of Exol 5 and 176.93 grammes of skunk.

In Kwara, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Bode Saadu on Friday, May 8, intercepted a commercial vehicle and in the course of a search, one of the passengers, Salisu was found with 6.3 kilogrammes skunk concealed in a brown school bag.

Meanwhile, operatives of a Special Operations Unit in NDLEA on Friday, May 8, raided a Lekki Lagos mansion used as stash house where 4,000 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of imported cannabis weighing 2,326 kilogrammes with a street value of over N5,815,000,000 were recovered.

Also seized from the house located at 36 African Lane, Lekki Phase 1 include: two Mercedes Benz buses and different designer sachets used in packaging the illicit substance for retail distribution.

Babafemi said “while Emmanuel Osita Okeke, 38, was arrested with 129kg skunk at Nyanya Karu, Nasarawa State on Monday, May 4, NDLEA operatives on patrol on Okene/Lokoja Highway, Kogi State on Friday, May 8, intercepted a white commuter J5 bus heading to Abuja.

“A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 76 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 766kg and the arrest of three suspects: Mathew Omohove; Ebuka Desmond and Babangida Musa.

In an operation at Ijora Badia area of Lagos, NDLEA officers on Wednesday, May 6, raided a makeshift skuchies production factory where two suspects: Bose Jamiu and Gbenga Gege were arrested. They were caught in the act of cooking cannabis and mixing same with other illicit substances. A total of 270 litres of already produced skuchies and 106 gramnes of Tramadol 225mg were recovered from them.