BREAKING: NDLEA Uncovers Cocaine Warehouse In Ikorodu, Seized N194bn Illicit Drugs
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday busted a major warehouse where 1.8tons of illicit drugs worth over $278, 250,000 were seized in a secluded estate in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
The agency in a statement issued by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi said at least four drug barons including a Jamaican and the warehouse manager were arrested in the well-coordinated and intelligence-led operation that lasted two days across different locations in the state.
Babafemi said that Kingpins of the cocaine cartel now in custody include Messrs Soji Jibril, 69, an indigene of Ibadan, Oyo State; Emmanuel Chukwu, 65, who hails from Ekwulobia, Anambra State; Wasiu Akinade, 53, from Ibadan, Oyo State; Sunday Oguntelure, 53, from Okitipupa, Ondo State, and Kelvin Smith, 42, a native of Kingston, Jamaica.
According to him, the kingpins are all members of an international drug syndicate that the NDLEA has been trailing since 2018, adding that the warehouse where the arrest was carried out is located at 6 Olukuola crescent, Solebo estate, Ikorodu.
Speaking further, he said the warehouse was raided on Sunday 18th September 2022, while the barons were picked from hotels and their hideouts in different parts of Lagos between Sunday night and Monday 19th September.
He said, “They are all members of an international drug syndicate that the agency has been trailing since 2018. Located at number 6 Olukuola crescent, Solebo Estate, Ikorodu, the warehouse was raided on Sunday, September 18, 2022, while the barons were picked from hotels and their hideouts in different parts of Lagos between Sunday night and Monday, September 19.
“Preliminary investigation reveals the class A drugs were warehoused in the residential estate from where the cartel was trying to sell them to buyers in Europe, Asia and other parts of the world. They were stored in 10 travel bags and 13 drums.”
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