Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested a prophet, David Yekini and 76 others with substances suspected to be hard drugs in Lagos.
They were arrested following the raid Mushin area of Lagos State an operation that lasted over 6hrs by combined team of 150 NDLEA operatives and military.
The Deputy Commander, Operations and Training, NDLEA Lagos State Command, Mr Adetula Oluwarotimi disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday.
He said the raid was part of the war against drug abuse and to sanitise the society of bad elements ahead of the forthcoming elections.
“Without the consumption of hard drugs, criminality will be minimal, and for the NDLEA to ensure the forthcoming election is devoid of any crime, there must be visitations,” Oluwarotimi said.
The deputy commander said hard drugs seized included Canadian Loud worth N5 million, Cannabis sativa weighing 146.85 kg and 43.7grammes of Methamphetamine.
Oluwarotimi said the NDLEA would interrogate the suspects to know the users of hard drugs that require rehabilitation.
“Those that deal in illicit drugs among them would be charged to court,” he added.
