Two Nigerian Grandfathers Arrested For Drug Trafficking In Borno (Photo)

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended two elderly men said to be grandparents in the Maiduguri and Gamboru-Ngala regions of Borno State on charges of drug trafficking.

The suspects were identified as 70-year-old Mallam Mai Gemu Adam and 65-year-old Yamama Musa.

In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media & Advocacy said the suspects along with 24-year-old Abubakar Ya’u and 28-year-old Babagana Abubakar Ali were arrested on Saturday.

Babafemi said that 32,000 ampoules of tramadol injection were recovered from them.

The statement reads in part, “NDLEA operatives in Borno state have arrested a 70-year-old grandfather, Mallam Mai Gemu Adam and 65-year-old Yamama Musa for drug trafficking.  

“They were arrested on Saturday, 9th March along with 24-year-old Abubakar Ya’u and Babagana Abubakar Ali, 28, in Maiduguri and Gamboru-Ngala respectively while 32,000 ampoules of tramadol injection were recovered from them.

“In the same vein, no fewer than eight suspects were arrested on Friday, 8th March where NDLEA officers raided the notorious Karu abattoir drug joint in the FCT, Abuja with 51.3kg cannabis recovered from them. Those arrested include:  Buhari Muhammadu; Jamilu Muhammed; Abubakar Wappa; Yahaya Tasiu; Ezekiel Mulanda; Abba Haruna; Habibu Umar and Shamsu Lawali.

“In Plateau state, two suspects: Pam Thomas, 45, and Stephen Nyam, 38, were on Monday 4th March arrested with cannabis weighing 611.428kg at Zawan, Jos South, while in Kogi state, NDLEA officers intercepted a commercial J5 bus coming from Onitsha, Anambra state to Zaria, Kaduna state on Wednesday 6th March along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway where a total of 8,580 pills of tramadol and exol-5 were seized from a suspect, Yusuf Abdullahi, 40.”

“In Enugu, operatives on Tuesday 5th March raided some locked-up shops at the new market in Enugu metropolitan area where 371.42kg cannabis and 9.49grams of methamphetamine were recovered,” the statement added.