On Tuesday 10th October, NDLEA agents on patrol along the Okene – Lokoja- Abuja expressway stopped and searched a commercial bus on its way to Kano, resulting in the seizure of $4.8 million in US dollars and $57 million in CFA, both of which are believed to be fake notes.
In a statement on Sunday, the NDLEA said that the money had been found in the bus, which was travelling from Lagos.
An Acting District Head of the State Capital, Sokoto, known as Dan Bala, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison on four counts of possession of cannabis and psychotropic drugs filed against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on October 11, 2022.
The court found him guilty on each count and sentenced him to two years in prison on each count, with a possibility of a fine of up to N1 million. He was also sentenced to eight months in jail on each count without the possibility of a fine.
Agents in Edo State conducted a raid on an Orue forest in the Owan West Local Government Area (LGA) on Wednesday, October 11th, which resulted in the arrest of two individuals, one 37 years old and the other 40 years old.
The raid was carried out on a cannabis farm, which was destroyed and contained 92kg of processed skunk, as well as 49kg of the same substance, which was also seized from a camp in Ogbeturu.