NDLEA Arrests 90-Year-Old, Teenagers, For Selling Drugs In Katsina, Ondo

A 90-year-old man, Yusuf Yarkadir, has been arrested by
operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for
allegedly selling drugs to the youths in Yarkadir village in Rimi
Local Government Area of Katsina state.

Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi
Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Friday.

Babafemi said the nonagerian was full of regrets under
interrogation, and confessed he had been selling cannabis sativa to
the youths in his community for eight years due to their demand for
it.

“Though he failed to disclose his source of supply, he however
vowed his arrest on Wednesday 7th July, 2021 would now make him to
back out of the business having tried in the past to stop the
illicit trade without success,” Babafemi said.

Babafemi said narcotic officers in the Ondo State Command of the
NDLEA have also arrested two teenage siblings along with other
suspects for dealing in assorted illicit drugs in the state
capital, Akure.

He said: “The teenagers; Onyema Sunday, 16, and his sister,
Onyema Amaka, 15, were arrested in Car Street area of Akure with
1.894kilograms of Tramadol on Monday 5th July while 23-year-old
Kazeem Oluyede was nabbed in Eru Oba area of the capital city with
300grams of cannabis and 3grams of methamphetamine, just as a lady,
Maryam Musa, 35, was arrested in Igbara-Oke, Ifedore local council
area of the state with 5.5kilograms of cannabis, all same day,” the
statement read.

Babafemi also added that NDLEA operatives on Wednesday 7th July
stormed the Ogbese market, in Akure North LGA, where Messrs Jalamia
Ochonogor and Austin Uzoka were arrested with 63kilograms of
cannabis.

“Elsewhere in Bauchi state, at least seven persons have been
arrested and 28.091kilograms of assorted drugs such as Diazepam,
Exol-5, Rophynol, Tramadol, Codeine, and cannabis recovered from
them. Those arrested in two separate raids by operatives of the
Bauchi state command of the Agency include Sunday Obi, Abba
Abdullahi, Samuel John, Chijioke Agu, Sani Musa, Alhaji Alhaji
Baffa, and Abubakar Saidu.

“Meanwhile, different quantities of illicit drugs going to the
United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand have been
intercepted and seized by narcotic officers of the Directorate of
Operations and General Investigations, DOGI, attached to some
courier companies in Lagos.

“In one of the courier firms, 400 grams of Ketamine hidden in
walls of hair attachments carton coming from Cameroon and heading
to the US was seized. Others include: 30grams of Tramadol concealed
in female headgear coming from Onitsha, Anambra state and going to
the UK; 200grams of Ketamine from Cameroon going to USA; and
400grams of Methamphetamine from Asaba, Delta state heading to New
Zealand.”

A 90-year-old man, Yusuf Yarkadir, has been arrested by
operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for
allegedly selling drugs to the youths in Yarkadir village in Rimi
Local Government Area of Katsina state.

Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi
Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Friday.

Babafemi said the nonagerian was full of regrets under
interrogation, and confessed he had been selling cannabis sativa to
the youths in his community for eight years due to their demand for
it.

“Though he failed to disclose his source of supply, he however
vowed his arrest on Wednesday 7th July, 2021 would now make him to
back out of the business having tried in the past to stop the
illicit trade without success,” Babafemi said.

Babafemi said narcotic officers in the Ondo State Command of the
NDLEA have also arrested two teenage siblings along with other
suspects for dealing in assorted illicit drugs in the state
capital, Akure.

He said: “The teenagers; Onyema Sunday, 16, and his sister,
Onyema Amaka, 15, were arrested in Car Street area of Akure with
1.894kilograms of Tramadol on Monday 5th July while 23-year-old
Kazeem Oluyede was nabbed in Eru Oba area of the capital city with
300grams of cannabis and 3grams of methamphetamine, just as a lady,
Maryam Musa, 35, was arrested in Igbara-Oke, Ifedore local council
area of the state with 5.5kilograms of cannabis, all same day,” the
statement read.

Babafemi also added that NDLEA operatives on Wednesday 7th July
stormed the Ogbese market, in Akure North LGA, where Messrs Jalamia
Ochonogor and Austin Uzoka were arrested with 63kilograms of
cannabis.

“Elsewhere in Bauchi state, at least seven persons have been
arrested and 28.091kilograms of assorted drugs such as Diazepam,
Exol-5, Rophynol, Tramadol, Codeine, and cannabis recovered from
them. Those arrested in two separate raids by operatives of the
Bauchi state command of the Agency include Sunday Obi, Abba
Abdullahi, Samuel John, Chijioke Agu, Sani Musa, Alhaji Alhaji
Baffa, and Abubakar Saidu.

“Meanwhile, different quantities of illicit drugs going to the
United States, the United Kingdom and New Zealand have been
intercepted and seized by narcotic officers of the Directorate of
Operations and General Investigations, DOGI, attached to some
courier companies in Lagos.

“In one of the courier firms, 400 grams of Ketamine hidden in
walls of hair attachments carton coming from Cameroon and heading
to the US was seized. Others include: 30grams of Tramadol concealed
in female headgear coming from Onitsha, Anambra state and going to
the UK; 200grams of Ketamine from Cameroon going to USA; and
400grams of Methamphetamine from Asaba, Delta state heading to New
Zealand.”