By Kingsley Omonobi

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, said its operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, Lagos on New Year’s day intercepted a consignment of Colorado, a very strong strain of cannabis, concealed in boxing kits imported from the United States of America.

A statement by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, said: “A week-long intelligence-led operation to get the receiver arrested was consummated on Saturday 6th January following the successful tracking and arrest of 38-year-old Olorunfunmi

Saheed Olakunle, who distributes the dangerous psychoactive substance to dealers across Lagos State.
“The consignment had arrived in the country on Monday, January 1 via Cairo on Egypt Airlines flight marked as boxing kits.

“According to Saheed, he delivers such consignments to different recipients whenever his childhood friend, US-based Sagir Salami sends them. The latest shipment has a total weight of 1.80 kilograms.”

In a similar vein, “a 28-year-old female supplier of ammunition to bandits, Bilkisu Suleman, came top on the list of 12 other suspects arrested by NDLEA operatives in new year interdiction operations in Kaduna, Lagos, Niger, Kogi, Kano, Borno, and Osun states.

“Bilkisu was arrested on Wednesday 3rd January by NDLEA officers on patrol along Zaria – Kano expressway in possession of 249 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition concealed in a black nylon bag kept in her lady’s handbag.

“She was on her way to deliver the ammunition to an identified bandit in Kakumi village, Katsina state when she was nabbed after which she was transferred to the Kaduna state command of the Nigeria Police Force for further investigation.