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NDLEA nabs two grandfathers over alleged supply of illicit drugs to students in Abia
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two elderly men, aged 84 and 75, over allegations of selling illegal drugs to teenage secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia State.
The agency disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi.
According to Babafemi, the first suspect was apprehended by NDLEA operatives on Friday after intelligence reports indicated that he was involved in the sale of illicit substances to young students in the area.
He said the suspect was also selling to others at his patent medicine store at 4 Club Road, Umuahia.
He added that 4.64kg of opioids, including tramadol and diazepam, were recovered from him during a search of his premises.
In his case, the second suspect, who is a pensioner and also into the illicit drug trade, was nabbed by security guards at Saint Silas Secondary School, Old Umuahia.
Babafemi said that the suspect was caught supplying illicit drugs to two teenage students (names withheld) in the school.
He added that the guards thereafter handed them over to the police, who in turn transferred them to NDLEA on June 18.
“In his statement, one of the two teenagers, a 15-year-old SS2 student, claimed the 84-year-old grandfathers supply him with drugs, which he takes and also sells to fellow students.
“While the two grandpas are billed to have their day in court, the students have been placed on counselling and rehabilitation,”he said.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives have intercepted a consignment of ADB Chminaca, a synthetic cannabinoid classified as a dangerous new psychoactive substance (NPS), at a courier firm in Lagos.
Babafemi said that the shipment from China, with a gross weight of 9.5 kg, was concealed in a carton.
“This was followed by another seizure on Tuesday, June 16, at a different logistics company in Lagos, where 300g of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, was found hidden in ladies’ handbags,”he said.
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