By Ayo Kehinde
In its drive to rid the country of Illicit drugs and contrabands, officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) swooped on a secret laboratory in a residential area in Ikeja, Lagos State, producing deadly illicit substance, Methamphetamine.
The Illicit drugs were already packaged in sachets for sale and possibly export.
Director, Media and Advocacy of the Agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, said the “clandestine laboratory located at No. 4, Bode Oluwo Street, Mende, Maryland, Ikeja, was stormed by anti-narcotics officers of the Agency on Tuesday, 6th June, after credible intelligence and surveillance confirmed the illicit substance was being produced in the duplex building.
He said that the end of the search, one kilogram of already produced and packaged methamphetamine, quantities of precursor chemicals and other items used for the production of the deadly drug were recovered from the house while efforts are on to apprehend the fleeing owner of the house.
He further added that, “Officers of the Lagos Command of the Agency, the previous day, Monday 5th June, arrested two suspects: Wasiu Saliu and Afolabi Banjo with 247 kilograms of skunk at Oyingbo area of Lagos while Tijani Damilola was nabbed at Isheri with 12.5 litres of skuchies and 98kg of cannabis sativa belonging to a fleeing suspect recovered at Akerele area of Agege just as 12.5kg of the same substance was seized from Adebowale Babatunde after his arrest at Mushin on Thursday 8th June.W
He said the previous weeks have been hectic for officers of the agency at different locations in the country, particularly the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, in Imo, Kebbi, Osun, Benue, Edo and Ondo Commands for similar seizures and arrests of culprits.
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), he added, charged them and their counterparts across the country to remain vigilant and keep their focus on the corporate goal of the Agency.
