NDLEA Arrests Security Officer, Marketer, For Selling Drugs To Students, Others

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Abayomi Popoola, a serving security agent of one of the law enforcement agencies in Nigeria.

Popoola, before the arrest was in active service with the Lagos State Command of the security agency and was arrested last Wednesday, June for sales of assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun State.

The Director, Media and Advocacy, of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to THE WHISTLER.

According to the statement, Popoola was arrested after days of surveillance on his wife’s shop which served as his sales point in Camp area of Abeokuta.

The statement said, “One of his salesmen, a motorcycle rider was trailed to the location at about 8pm and arrested with six pinches of Colorado weighing 1.17grams.

“This was before the principal suspect, who has been on the Agency’s watch list, was nabbed with different illicit drugs.”

Substances found on him include: codeine -17 bottles; Cannabis -22.26 grams; tramadol 230 tablets -98grams; 61 tablets of flunitrazepam -23.72grams; 113 tablets of molly -48.16grams and sex drops -43.92grams.

The statement disclosed that the NDLEA team, after the arrest, was confronted by some student union officials of the institution.

“The narcotic agents, however, restrained themselves and after hours of standoff succeeded in moving the suspects to custody,” it added.