NDLEA DISMANTLES ABUJA DRUG BUNKS, ARRESTS 132, RECOVERS 220KG ILLICIT SUBSTANCES. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
NDLEA dismantles Abuja drug bunks, arrests 132, recovers 220kg illicit substances -Marwa hails operation, vows to sustain crackdown in FCT, other states In a non-stop two-week offensive action against traffickers and dealers, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully dismantled several drug joints and bunks within and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja where a total of 132 suspects were arrested and 220 kilograms of assorted illicit substances recovered. The wel-coordinated raids jointly conducted by the Agency's Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) and the FCT Strategic Command from llth to 25th April 2026 were launched to dismantle illicit drug hubs contributing to substance abuse, trafficking, and associated criminal activities in the capital city after weeks of intelligence and surveillance across all identified hotspots. Areas where notorious drug joints were raided, dismantled and suspects...
The operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested Ajisafe Olugbenga,47, from Osun State,suspected to be the ringleader and mastermind of bank frauds in the State.The suspect,an ex-banker,popularly known as Harrison among his gang,was arrested on tuesday after he was mentioned as the initiator of sim swap deal at a network provider's outlet in Surulere,Lagos and Abeokuta,Ogun State.Before his arrest,Ajisafe has been on the run since April 2016 following his involvement in a N2 million fraud in one of the old generation banks.The accused was alleged to have exploited his vast networks with insiders in banks to procure bank details of high net worth customers to perpetrate the fraud.According to preliminary investigation,the gang blocks or swaps the sim of the bank customer so that he or she does not receive the transaction on the account,mostly perpetrated at weekends when the money is withdrawn in tranches,as the collaborator in the bank would have helped the gang to increase the customer's withdrawal limit before then.Ajisafe's latest offence was the recruitment of three suspects through which some sim cards belonging to a particular network {name withheld} were swapped and used for some of the gangs' bank fraud.Two of the suspects recruited by Ajisafr for the sim swap,Shamsudeen Olalekan,35 and Nicholas Egbele,were arrested few days before Ajisafe was picked up.Also arrested with them was aa staff of a popular network provider in an outlet in Abeokuta who has been assisting the gang in sim swap while another collaborator is said to be on the run,Confirming the incident,the Police PPRO,ASP Olarinde Famous Cole,reiterated that there would be no hiding place for criminals in Lagos State,adding that officers of the command are at alert to nip crime in the bud.
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