NDLEA seizes 380 military-grade bullets in Kaduna raids

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted 380 rounds of military-grade ammunition in Kaduna State and arrested a couple linked to the possession of more than 1.2 tonnes of cannabis, the agency said on Sunday. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, stating that NDLEA operatives, while on patrol along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway at Jere on May 24, intercepted a 30-year-old suspect, Sunusi Musa, allegedly transporting 380 rounds of 7.62mm military-grade ammunition to Katsina State. Babafemi disclosed that the suspect and the recovered ammunition had been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further investigation and action. “In Kaduna, NDLEA operatives arrested a couple: Musa Sunday and Mercy Sunday, along with another suspect, Salomi Ezekiel, 38, following the seizure of 100 jumbo bags of skunk with a gross weight of 1,246 kilograms from their home at Gonin Gora area of Kaduna on Sunday, May 24,” he said. In a separate operation in Kaduna, Babafemi said NDLEA officers arrested a couple, Musa Sunday and Mercy Sunday, alongside another suspect, Salomi Ezekiel, 38, after recovering 100 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 1,246 kilograms from their residence in the Gonin Gora area of the state. Babafemi stated, “In another interdiction operation in the state, NDLEA officers on patrol along the Abuja-Kaduna highway by Jere, same day, intercepted a 30-year-old suspect, Sunusi Musa, with 380 rounds of military-grade ammunition, RLA 7.62mm, going to Katsina state. The suspect and the exhibit have since been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further action. “ He added that the agency recorded the seizure of consignments of illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped from the Netherlands to Lagos. Babafemi explained that the drugs, comprising three kilograms of ketamine and 199 grams of MDMA, popularly known as ecstasy, were discovered at a courier company in Lagos on May 26. “NDLEA have uncovered consignments of high potency illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped to Lagos from the Netherlands. Related News Nigeria will soon overcome security challenges – Oluremi Tinubu Nigerians more confident with Tinubu, says APC spokesman Oyo abduction: NUT strike begins as Tinubu sends 1,000 forest guards “The illicit drug consignments, mainly: ketamine weighing 3kilograms and 199 grams of MDMA (Ecstasy) pills, which were carefully hidden in the water purifier machines, were discovered and seized at a courier company in Lagos on Tue