Troops of the 192nd Battalion, 81st Division of the Nigerian Military on Sunday intercepted a suspected transnational drug syndicate with 296 warps of illicit substances alongside the Balogun Border in Ogun State.
The Director of Military Public Relations, Main Normal Onyema Nwachukwu, made this identified in an announcement on the official X-handle of the Nigerian Military on Sunday.
The assertion learn: “Troops of 192 Battalion, 81 Division, Nigerian Military, appearing on credible intelligence, intercepted a suspected transnational drug syndicate working a Sienna 2001 Mannequin Area Bus, registration quantity Lagos APP 129 EF, loaded with unlawful substances, in all probability Hashish Sativa.
“The suspects had been intercepted alongside Balogun Border in Ogun State on Sunday, January 14, 2024.
“Vigilant forces carried out a radical search of the car and found layers of compartments full of 296 wrappers of substance suspected to be marijuana.”
The assertion additionally revealed that investigations revealed that the packages containing illicit substances had been transported from the Republic of Benin via Ilara Border Communities en path to Ifo, Ogun State.
It additional emerged that it took the transnational drug traffickers 5 months to hide the substance for supply to their shoppers and two suspects had been arrested in reference to the crime.
The assertion added that the suspects, Adigun Olatunji, 54, and Michael Atanda, 18, each natives of Ilara Imeko in Afun Native Authorities Space of Ogun State, Benin Republic.
They had been mentioned to have been taken into custody for additional vital motion, following a failed try and bribe troops with N12 million.
The suspects and all recovered objects are reportedly in safe custody, awaiting switch to the Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company for prosecution.
A few of the objects recovered from the suspects embrace one Nationwide Id Card of the Republic of Benin, one Nigerian Nationwide Id Card, two Itel small cellphones, one driving license of the Republic of Benin, one worldwide passport of the Republic of Benin, six SIM packages of the Republic of Benin, two SIM playing cards of the Republic of Benin. playing cards, one Nigerian driver's license and N52,700.
In July 2023, Nigerian Military troops equally arrested a Beninese, Matthew Edegbe, and a Nigerian, Joshua Dansu, whereas making an attempt to smuggle into the nation a truck loaded with 397 wrappers of substance suspected to be marijuana within the native authorities space Yewa South. Ogun State.
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