Uncovers 3 laboratories

Suspect’s couriers jailed in China, Turkey, Malaysia
By Evelyn Usman

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a popular businessman (names withheld), alleged to be leader of an international drug trafficking organisation, who recruits and sponsors couriers to China, Malaysia, Turkey and Italy.

The arrest of the 37-year-old suspect reportedly followed the agency’s discovery of three laboratories used for the illegal production of methamphetamine in his home town in Anambra State.

Addressing journalists yesterday on the arrest described as the latest outstanding operational success recorded by the anti-narcotic agency, the Chairman/Chief Executive, NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, disclosed that surveillance indicated that the suspect shuttled between his country home and Isolo, Lagos State, residence.

He said: “He hides under the cover of motorcycle parts business in running a drug cell that has international affiliation.

“He specialises in recruiting and sponsoring drug couriers to China, Malaysia and Turkey. He also pays his couriers an average of $5,000 per trip.

“The suspect has two Nigeria international passports and one Ghanaian passport, all bearing his photographs with different names. Two other passports belonging to suspected drug couriers were also seized.

“He hired one Raphael, who is a professional methanphetamine cook to work for him. He pays him N500,000 for his service and N700,000 for the purchase of precursor chemicals per production circle.

“The production capacity per cycle is 14kg. As a result of the indicting surveillance report, he was arrested in his home country.”

During a search of one of the suspect’s laboratories at his house, 2.615kg of liquid methamphetamine, according to Giade, was found inside a yellow plastic jug, with another 250grammes of crystallized methamphetamine concealed in a white transparent polythene bag.

Methamphetamine laboratory equipment, which include one approximate volume measuring scale, six heating filters, six giant conical flasks and industrial tubes and cups of sodium hydroxide, were also recovered.
Others are containers of iodine, acetone, hydrochloric acid, weighing scale, masks and hand gloves among others.

Giade said: “Also recovered from him are paraphernalia for drug concealment, similar to the ones seized with drugs at the airports and land borders.

“They include an electronic weighing scale, assorted artefacts, laptop bags, motorcycle parts, air compressors, bus and truck mirrors, araldite and paint, processed brown envelopes and impulse sealer.

“Others are transparent packing nylon and carbon paper, tower foil paper, needles, threads, super glue and many more.”

He further stated that while surveillance on the suspect was ongoing, operatives intercepted 23kg of methamphetamine along Badagry Expressway, Lagos, en-route Cotonou, which was allegedly traced to the suspect.

Assets

Giade stated that the agency had traced some of the assets believed to be purchased with proceeds from drugs.

He said: “These included over 16 bank accounts in different banks, a piece of land located at Joy Avenue, Ajao Estate, which he reportedly bought in 2009 for N25 million and rebuilt in 2012 to a three-storey building at N90 million.

“He also bought a property at St. James Close, Ajao Estate, for 17 million and built a five-bedroom duplex on it at the cost of N25 million. He has a Toyota Venza, a Peugeot 406, a Q5 Audi four runner, and a Toyota Sienna SUV.”

The suspect is reportedly standing trial at the Federal High Court, Lagos, in respect of the seizures, Giade said, adding that some couriers sponsored by him have also been arrested, with some of them in prison custody in China, Turkey and Malaysia.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/ndlea-busts-global-hard-drugs-syndicate-bizman-arrested/

Yibooooooo

Give them Biafra so they can start their drug business.

It seems dormant organizations are reawakening, the B effect in action.

I bet he was the one that sponsored those 3 young Nigerians that were caught recently on the same day and given 55 years for drug trafficking at Enugu Airport. The names were withheld but we all know the people disgracing our passport and being slaughtered like pigs in Asia every other day.

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brownlolly:

The arrest of the 37-year-old suspect reportedly followed the agency’s discovery of three laboratories used for the illegal production of methamphetamine in his home town in Anambra State.

Ndeegbo kwenu!

Did he stop paying the oga ontop?

Stay away from HARD DRUGS!!!

This catch by NDLEA is for everybody and for nobody. Good move anyways.

delishpot:
Did he stop paying the oga ontop?

not exactly... there was a change in the Oga at the top's oga

fulanimafia:
I bet he was the one that sponsored those 3 young Nigerians that were caught recently on the same day and given 55 years for drug trafficking at Enugu Airport. The names were withheld but we all know the people disgracing our passport and being slaughtered like pigs in Asia every other day.

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Ndeegbo kwenu!

C'mon fam. It don't even got to be all that.

am finding it so hard to reason why d name was withheld!!!

Noted

methamphetamine,breaking bad season 6

LoveMachine:


C'mon fam. It don't even got to be all that.

Mate my passport gets dissed cos of these mofos,
I can't be smacked and stopped from crying out at the same time.

I've always maintained that remove all criminal activities and drug business, most Ibos in Lagos will be so poor that the only thing they can survive on is to go back to alaibo to farm.

fulanimafia:


Mate my passport gets dissed cos of these mofos,
I can't be smacked and stopped for crying out at the same time.

Yeah but you discredit all the others who do positive things with that outlook. Ndi Igbo aren't criminals. All people have that element. Kashamu is an internationally wanted man but to pin that on all his people would be wrong. There are people from all corners of Naija that are disgracing us. Conversely there are people from all corners making us proud. Don't feed into the BS.

Let's shine light on our collective victories. That's what the enemy fears. That's why they print these stories. Let's be great and show love.

PentiumPro:
I've always maintained that remove all criminal activities and drug business, most Ibos in Lagos will be so poor that the only thing they can survive on is to go back to alaibo to farm.

Not cool man.

99% of igbos caught for drug offence are from Anambra, why?

PentiumPro:
I've always maintained that remove all criminal activities and drug business, most Ibos in Lagos will be so poor that the only thing they can survive on is to go back to alaibo to farm.

Yorubas keep killing people for rituals daily and you are here condemning another tribe. Olodo.

Another thread for blood lust ethnic militias on nairaland.
Outta here.

Don't resort this is tribal comparison pls ,this is a grain out of the beach

I don't think tagging a particular tribe with hard drug business is ideal. Every human being looking for shortcut to wealth will always indulge in crime. A criminal remain a criminal irrespective of tribe affiliation. Without igbo's in Nigeria, sometimes I wonder what our Economy will look like. Every tribe has his good and bad breed. There's only two kind of human, d good and d bad. I am yoruba but let's face d fact, we all need each other to make this country great and crime free. God bless Nigeria

ydass:
Yibooooooo

Give them Biafra so the can start their drug business.

PentiumPro:
I've always maintained that remove all criminal activities and drug business, most Ibos in Lagos will be so poor that the only thing they can survive on is to go back to alaibo to farm.

ydass:
Yibooooooo

Give them Biafra so the can start their drug business.

Both of u are fools and bigots for intending to tribal war.

Do you av to show everyone the stupidity and lack of Home training in u?

vedaxcool:
It seems dormant organizations are reawakening, the B effect in action.

now I know what they meant when they said "dumb people use smartphones " you stupidity is at its peak when you wake

vedaxcool:
It seems dormant organizations are reawakening, the B effect in action.

now I know what they meant when they said "dumb people use smartphones " you stupidity is at its peak when you wake......

by the way pictures because I don't believe all these story

Adekorya:



Both of u are fools and bigots for intending to tribal war.

Do you av to show everyone the stupidity and lack of Home training in u?

Attention seeker, I don't exchange words with kids.

the guy must have seen the aeries, "breaking bad"..
if u see that movie, u will so want to cook methamphetamine!

prof1990:


now I know what they meant when they said "dumb people use smartphones " you stupidity is at its peak when you wake......

by the way pictures because I don't believe all these story

so, who is the dumbass now?

if they tell u pigs fly, will be believe that?

ydass:


Attention seeker, I don't exchange words with kids.

Big !diot.

Illegal drug will soon be legal. Consume @ your own peril. Thing is, the prices will drop like mad.

Adekorya:



Both of u are fools and bigots for intending to tribal war.

Do you av to show everyone the stupidity and lack of Home training in u?

You be olodo from onitsha night school, you are quoting three comments and used the qualifier BOTH, your trading parents wasted money they ought to have given out as alms.

LoveMachine:


Yeah but you discredit all the others who do positive things with that outlook. Ndi Igbo aren't criminals. All people have that element. Kashamu is an internationally wanted man but to pin that on all his people would be wrong. There are people from all corners of Naija that are disgracing us. Conversely there are people from all corners making us proud. Don't feed into the BS.

Let's shine light on our collective victories. That's what the enemy fears. That's why they print these stories. Let's be great and show love.



Not cool man.

Quit pontificating.

I only stated the fact, 98% of drug traffickers caught are Ibo so my generalization is empirically valid.