In Kogi, the NDLEA seizes 18 weapons and 2,300 rounds.

 On September 17, while on patrol along the Okene-Abuja expressway, NDLEO agents stopped a J5 vehicle traveling from Onitsha to Kaduna-Zaria that contained 18 pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges. Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, the two suspects who were transporting the weapons and ammunition, were detained, but another suspect, Anthony Agada, 37, who was transporting 1,000 cartridges, was also apprehended on the same day in a bus traveling from Onitsha to Abuja. Femi Babafemi, the spokeswoman for the anti-drug agency, stated in a statement on Sunday. "Another vehicle traveling from Onitsha to Sokoto had 1,404 bottles of codeine syrup and 2,040 ampoules of pentazocine injection seized from it. Stanley Raymond, 39, and Shadrack Ifediora, 46, the sender and recipient, were both detained in subsequent operations in Sokoto and Anambra States, respectively.

"In Kaduna, a drug dealer named Mohammed Dalhatu, also known as Dawa, was detained with eight bags of cannabis sativa weighing 67 kg in Sabon Gari Zaria, and Maikudi Hassan was detained with five bags of cannabis weighing 54.2 kg at Gubuci Village of Ikara LGA. Mary Ugwu and Hawwa Idi were also detained on Thursday, September 15 at Anchau Town, Kubau LGA, together with 6.8 kg of rubber solution, 9 ampoules of diazepam injection, 37,000 exol-5 pills, and 721 ampoules of pentazocine injection. On Friday, September 16, the authorities in Edo seized 285 kg of cannabis in two searches at Okpuje, Owan West LGA, while in Lagos, 972.5 kg of the same substance was seized from an electronics store at Alaba International Market, with one suspect, Mrs. Ebere Aja, 38, being detained. In a raid in the Kwanar Kundum neighborhood of Bauchi town, at least 335.1kg of cannabis was found, and two suspects, Usman Garba and Najib Ibrahim, were detained. Babafemi further mentioned that the Kogi State Command of the anti-drug agency has been instructed to immediately turn over the weapons and ammunition confiscated to the police for additional examination by Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (ret. ), Chairman of the NDLEA.

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