Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a notorious queen of drug cartel, Lami Mai Rigima, supplying psychoactive substances to traffickers in Taraba state.
Agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi disclosed that the 40-year-old queen of the cartel has been on the wanted list of the NDLEA before her arrest.
He said that Lami came under the anti-narcotic agency search light when a number of traffickers arrested in the state in 2022 and early this year fingered her as their supplier.
Femi stated the manhunt for Lami paid off on Monday, April 4, when operatives tracked her to her hideout in Iware village in Ardo Kola local government area of Taraba.
According to him, The search for Lami began in October 2021 following the arrest, prosecution and conviction of a drug dealer, Abdullahi Madaki, 50. After serving his brief jail sentence, Madaki returned to the illicit trade with Lami still as his supplier. He was however rearrested on February 13, 2022 while another trafficker, Jamilu Hassan, 20, who is also a member of Lami's supply chain, was nabbed on 24th Feb.
In another incident in Adamawa, operatives arrested a cross border drug trafficker, Emeka Okiru aged 40, with 32,700 tablets of tramadol 225mg under the brand name: Royal and Tramaking.
He was arrested at Garden City, Mubi, Mubi north LGA, on Tuesday, April 5, while preparing to supply his customers who came from Republic of Cameroon. The drugs were found concealed in cartoons of paintbrush.
Chairman of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa commended the officers, charging them to sustain the tempo of offensive action against drug cartels in every part of Nigeria.
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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