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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a syndicate that sponsors hajj pilgrims who also serve as couriers to move cocaine to Saudi Arabia during pilgrimage.

This followed the arrest of leaders of the cartel in Kano, according to a statement by the spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday
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Abbas Jimoh
Sun, 1 Jun 2025 14:29:17 WAT
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a syndicate that sponsors hajj pilgrims who also serve as couriers to move cocaine to Saudi Arabia during pilgrimage.

This followed the arrest of leaders of the cartel in Kano, according to a statement by the spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja.

The arrest of the kingpins: Abubakar Muhammad[b], Abdulhakeem Muhammed Tijjani, and Muhammad Aji Shugaba[/b] on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th May 2025 in Kano was a follow-up to the arrest of two pilgrims: Ibrahim Umar Mustapha and Muhammad Siraj Shifado at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on Monday, 26th May, during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airline flight ET 940 to Jedda, Saudi Arabia.
The interdiction of the intending pilgrims at the NDLEA final screening point at the Kano airport was based on credible intelligence. When they were taken for scanning, the result confirmed ingestion of illicit substances.
They were subsequently placed on excretion observation during which they excreted 45 wraps of cocaine each, bringing the total for both to 90 pellets with a total weight of 1.04kgs,” Babafemi said
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a syndicate that sponsors hajj pilgrims who also serve as couriers to move cocaine to Saudi Arabia during pilgrimage.

This followed the arrest of leaders of the cartel in Kano, according to a statement by the spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja.

The arrest of the kingpins: Abubakar Muhammad, Abdulhakeem Muhammed Tijjani, and Muhammad Aji Shugaba on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th May 2025 in Kano was a follow-up to the arrest of two pilgrims: Ibrahim Umar Mustapha and Muhammad Siraj Shifado at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on Monday, 26th May, during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airline flight ET 940 to Jedda, Saudi Arabia.

“The interdiction of the intending pilgrims at the NDLEA final screening point at the Kano airport was based on credible intelligence. When they were taken for scanning, the result confirmed ingestion of illicit substances.

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“They were subsequently placed on excretion observation during which they excreted 45 wraps of cocaine each, bringing the total for both to 90 pellets with a total weight of 1.04kgs,” Babafemi said.

Investigation soon unraveled their sponsors as leaders of a notorious drug trafficking network, which specializes in trafficking illicit drugs to Saudi Arabia.

A swift follow-up operation was carried out, and the trio of Abubakar Muhammad, Abdulhakeem Muhammed Tijjani, and Muhammad Aji Shugaba were arrested on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th May 2025 in Kano.

In a related development, NDLEA operatives at the Kano airport on Wednesday 28th May intercepted a 60-year-old businessman Chinedu Leonard Okigbo during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR1432 to Iran.

Source https://dailytrust.com/ndlea-nabs-syndicate-sponsoring-pilgrims-with-cocaine-to-hajj/

Just imagine

Good one

See the religious fanatics

Jab Weldon

Na wah oo

🤭

This is very good.

Useless ones, they've given the country so much bad name out there, is painful how one gets treated badly outside the country because of nincompoops like this.

Nice one

Religious druggies

Good Job
See his face

Chinedu Ft Abokiii

Lol Dem jus rescue some people from commiting suicide...

Good one!

See beautiful handwriting.

End of road

.Hmmmm.

Nigerians are just Religious for nothing! This nonsensè has been going on for as long as I can remember.

I hope there names are clearly written....
Ndi ala

Make dem leave this job for the experts from that side na

why,, we dey know now shey na today
Abeg why government go sponsor anybody to holy land,, is it not personal business?
We dey Fall hand anyhow.
Abeg make them shift one side

Na only when omo nna carry drugs e dey spoil Nigeria name according to some mugus

All tribes in nigeria are all well represented in this drug trafficking business.

These ones would gladly sponsor terrorism

End shall never wonder.


So powder merchants dey for north too.

The usual suspects no dey ply this route

Middle East developers.