The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s net has caught a peculiar suspect with an 80-year-old woman nabbed with cocaine, heroin methamphetamine, tramadol, swinol and skuchies in Akure, Ondo State.
The woman, Mary Adebayo, was arrested alongside her 19-year-old granddaughter, Funmilola Adebayo, and two other ladies.
According to a statement by Femi Babafemi, the spokesperson of the agency, operatives acting on intelligence-based raids and follow-up operations on their locations on Sunday 2nd May seized over 192kilogrammes of cocaine and other psychoactive substances from the suspects while the octogenarian, her granddaughter, and two other ladies; Tessy Matthew and Blessing Adesida were arrested.
It added: ”The grandma and her granddaughter were arrested at 6:30am on Sunday at Ayeyemi Street, Akure south local government area. During the early morning raid, the following were recovered from them: Skuchies- 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 1:30pm, 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 skuchies 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 include: skuchies-3kg and cannabis-7grammes. According to the states acting Commander of the Agency, Callys Alumona, other members of the two drug cartels have been watch listed and efforts to arrest them ongoing.”
Babafemi added that, in Adamawa State, the NDLEA have arrested a 58-year-old Victor Chinedu Anwanya, and 47-year-old Femi Abiodun, with 80 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 76kilogrammes, concealed in three white sacks tucked in the booth of a Toyota Avalon car with registration number: LAGOS DC 997 FST.
