Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Kogi state on Thursday 27th Oct intercepted a bus with 32.9kg Meth packaged as Tubers of yam.
According to NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi,the Chisco branded bus coming from Lagos to Abuja was intercepted on stop and search operation along Okene-Abuja highway.
The bus contained a consignment of 32.9kgs Meth packaged as tubers of yam; 376 grams of cocaine and 215 grams of heroin.
While the bus driver, Chief Pascal Chigozie Nmaram was promptly arrested, a follow up operation in Abuja same day led to the arrest of the recipient of the illicit cargo, Mr. Ikenna Jude Akunne.
Ikenna confessed he was detailed to travel with the consignment to Spain the following day, Friday 28th Oct through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.
Meanwhile, operatives of the state command of the Agency have destroyed five hectares of cannabis farms at Agbonkete, Iyaya Camp, Igalamela/Odolu LGA, where a suspect, Augustine Agbenyo, 34, was arrested with three sacks of both fresh and dried leaves and stems of the illicit substance.
