Kingsley Omonobi
8 February 2024 at 07:00:00
A powerful new strain of Cannabis sativa know as 'Ghanaian Loud 'is on the West African market. Nigeria just bust a 14 ton consignment heading for Lagos.
<p class="font_8">This story first appeared in Nigeria's <a href="https://allafrica.com/stories/202402050303.html"><u>Vanguard Newspaper</u></a> on 5 February 2024.</p>
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<p class="font_8">The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said, yesterday, that its operatives successfully intercepted large consignment of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis sativa, smuggled into Lagos from Ghana, loaded in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14, 524.8 kilograms.</p>
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<p class="font_8">NDLEA said the three vehicles conveying jumbo bags of the psychoactive substance were trailed and intercepted at Ojuelegba area of Lagos in the early hours of January 28, 2024.</p>
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<p class="font_8">The agency in a statement said: "In the process of blocking the vehicles, two of the drivers jumped off on motion while the third driver, 66-year-old Nasiru Ojomu, who works with wanted Akala, Mushin-based drug baron, Suleiman Jimoh (alias Olowo Idi Ogede, also known as Temo) was arrested.</p>
<p class="font_8">"In the last three years, NDLEA operatives have seized several shipments of same psychoactive substance worth billions of naira linked to Temo.</p>
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<p class="font_8">"The wanted drug lord has since gone into hiding while the agency continues manhunt for him," it said in a statement.</p>
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<p class="font_8">The agency added that its operatives on routine patrol around a warehouse sealed on Church Street, Idumota, Lagos over an ongoing investigation on February 1, arrested three suspects, Joseph Joshua; Muhammed Adamu and Balarabe Musa.</p>
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<p class="font_8">The suspects burgled the store and loaded 546,700 pills of tramadol and other opioids into a waiting yellow bus marked BDG 447 XD and an unregistered Suzuki minibus.</p>
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<p class="font_8">Meanwhile, a male deaf and dumb suspect dealing in illicit substances has been arrested at Samaru area of Zaria, Kaduna state.</p>
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<p class="font_8">At the time of his arrest, 150 grams of cannabis were recovered from him while selling the psychoactive substance.</p>
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<p class="font_8">Another suspect, Ibrahim Sani, 56, was also arrested in possession of 51 kilograms of same substance at Tirkaniya area of the state.</p>
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