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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested three armed bandits namely; Adamu Shehu, Tukur Mohammed and Ibrahim Suleiman, while on an attack mission in Katsina State, with three AK-47 rifles among other dangerous items recovered them .
Also a heavy weapon manufacturer, Celestine Chidiebere Christian, has been arrested with a high calibre G3 rifle along with seventy-eight (78) rounds of life ammunition (RLA) of 7.62 mm calibre and five empty shells of same in Benue while trying to move the heavy weapon and ammunition to Jos, Plateau state.
The Agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, disclosed these in a statement he issued in Abuja on Thursday.
According to Mr. Babafemi, the arrests and seizures were made at NDLEA’s checkpoints in the two states, where narcotic officers stop and search vehicles for illicit drugs.
Speaking when the Benue State Command was handing over the high calibre G3 rifle and the suspect to the Agency’s national headquarters in Abuja on Thursday 12th August, 2021, Chairman/Chief Executive, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) noted that the NDLEA would continue to support efforts by other security agencies especially the armed forces to restore law and order across the country.
“For us at NDLEA, we’ll continue to do our best with our highly dedicated officers and men to cut off accessibility to illicit drugs by criminal gangs by blocking the trafficking of these psychoactive and psychotropic substances. In doing this, we’ll not shy away from complementing the efforts of other security agencies especially our armed forces in our collective bid to restore security and maintain law and order in all parts of the country”, Gen. Marwa stated.
