NDLEA Arrests Octogenarian, Grand-daughter With 192kg Cocaine, Heroin
An 80-year-old woman, Mrs Mary Adebayo, her 19-year-old granddaughter, Funmilola Adebayo and two other ladies have been arrested in Akure, the Ondo State capital, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for selling assorted illicit drugs like cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, tramadol, swinol and skunkweeds.
Following intelligence-based raids and follow-up operations on their locations on Sunday, May 2, 2021, over 192 kilogrammes of cocaine and other psychoactive substances were recovered from the suspects while the octogenarian, her granddaughter and two other ladies, Tessy Matthew and Blessing Adesida, were arrested.
As a result of the burst, the chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Mohamed Buba Marwa, has directed the acting commander, Ondo State Command of the agency, Callys Alumona, to launch a manhunt for other members of the drug cartel now on the run.
The grandma and her granddaughter were arrested at 6:30a.m. on Sunday at Ayeyemi Street, Akure South Local Government Area. During the early morning raid, the following were recovered from them: Skunkweeds, 149kg; cocaine,11grammes; methamphetamine, 17grammes; heroin, 3grammes; cannabis sativa, 4.914kg; swinol, 8grammes and tramadol, 49grammes. Also recovered from them were two deep freezers and a TVS motorcycle.
On the same date, at about 1:30p.m., a raid carried out at Rate Hotel, Care Street, in Akure South LGA, led to the arrest of 25-year-old Tessy Mathew, from whom 33kilogrammes of skunkweeds were recovered.
Following her preliminary interrogation, a follow-up operation was immediately carried out, leading to the arrest of 25-year-old Blessing Adesida in Oshinle area of Akure South LGA.
Recovered from her were skunkweeds, 3kg and cannabis, 7grammes. According to the state’s acting commander of the agency, Callys Alumona, other members of the two drug cartels had been watch-listed and efforts to arrest them were ongoing.
