A drug dealer, 45-year-old Godwin Emuneyin, who is physically challenged and uses his wheelchair as a cover to deal in illicit substances such as methamphetamine and cannabis in Afuze, the headquarters of Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The anti-narcotics agency revealed that the suspect was arrested on Tuesday, November 7, at his base in Afuze following credible intelligence.
“As of the time of his arrest, a wooden box used to conceal illicit substances including 18 pinches of methamphetamine, one block and 71 wraps of cannabis, was recovered from him,” the spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, revealed in a statement.
In other interdiction operations in Edo State, the NDLEA operatives on Monday, November 6, recovered 42 bags of cannabis weighing 480kgs from a camp in Aviosi forest in Owan West LGA, while the Utese forest in Ovia North East LGA was also raided the same day with 231.5kgs of the substance recovered and a cannabis farm measuring 0.778960 hectare destroyed.
In Adamawa State, operatives on a patrol along Ngurore-Yola Road on Thursday, November 9, intercepted a Toyota Corolla marked TZG 97 KY loaded with 30, 899 tramadol 225mg and 100mg pills concealed inside the body compartments of the car.
Babafemi noted that, “The driver found in possession of the drug exhibits, Sani Samaila (a.k.a Isa Male), 25, said he was bringing the consignment from Jalingo, Taraba State to deliver in Yola, Adamawa State.
