Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 64,000 pump action gun cartridges and a new pump action gun at a store.
This was made known by director, media and advocacy, Femi Babafemi, that the gun store led to the arrest of a 34-year-old arms dealer, Donatus Onyemachi Igwebudu, following credible intelligence on drugs and arms deal in the location.
The NDLEA operatives with support from soldiers from the military stormed the store on Wednesday, November 15, 2021, and moved the arm and ammunition to the Agency's office in Awka, Anambra state.
In another development, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Okene-Lokoja expressway in Kogi state had intercepted 34 children between the ages of 8 and 14 being trafficked from Ijebu-Ode,Ogun state to Abuja.
The children packed in two commercial buses; Toyota Sienna and a 12- Seater Mazda with registration numbers Lagos LND124FV and Oyo BDJ-683YK respectively, were recovered in the early hours of Thursday 16th Dec from the human trafficking syndicate.
The bus drivers confirmed that the kids were handed over to them by a woman at Ijebu Ode to be conveyed to Abuja, adding that on arrival in FCT, the woman is to call another bus driver who will convey the children to Riyom in Plateau State.
It was further revealed that the children were initially trafficked from Plateau state to Ijebu Ode, where they were distributed to different households as domestic servants. Some of the children were discovered to have served for two years and their rewards sent to woman’s agent in Jos.
Chairman of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa commended the officers, urging them to sustain the tempo.
He also directed that the arm and ammunition along with the suspect arrested in Anambra be transferred to the police while the 34 trafficked children are to be transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP for further investigation.
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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