Crime & Court

Pregnant woman with 1,441kg of skunk nabbed in Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a pregnant woman- Eze Joy Chioma, who was caught with 1,442 kilograms of imported skunk.

Eze, 27 was arrested after her store and home in the Ojo area of Lagos were raided on Friday.

Also, another suspect, Michael Oroke was nabbed with 29kg of illicit drugs in the same location.

NDLEA, in a statement by its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi made this known on Sunday.

In the statement, the agency explained that the previous day (December 16th), operatives had equally raided a hideout in the Abule-Egba area of the state where one Basset Emmanuel, Ezekwem Lawrence, Mohammed Aliyu, and Suwidi Isiaku were arrested with 182,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg.

Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa lauded his officers for their resilience,  charging them not to relent in their efforts in the anti-drug war in the country.

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