UK-BOUND 74-YEAR-OLD GRANDPA ARRESTED AT ABUJA AIRPORT WITH 11KG COCAINE IN BALLOONS. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 UK-bound 74-year-old grandpa arrested at Abuja airport with 11kg cocaine in balloons - As NDLEA recovers large consignments of opioids at Ebute Ero, Idumota Lagos Island raids; intercepts 339,800 bottles of codeine shipment in Apapa March 15, 2026  A 74-year-old grandpa, Ikwuakalom Nwakoro Emeka, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja after a large consignment of cocaine was discovered in foil papers and balloons concealed in his luggage. The septuagenarian who claimed he was travelling to London, United Kingdom for vacation, was arrested by NDLEA officers at the departure hall of the Abuja airport while attempting to board a British Airways flight BA082 to Heathrow London on Saturday 14th March 2026. During a search of his luggage, blocks of cocaine weighing 11 kilograms were discovered concealed inside food items, including ground dry pepper, carefuly wrapped in foil papers...

ENUGU POLICE BUST ARMED ROBBERY GANG, ARREST 1, RECOVER SNATCHED TRICYCLE, 5 FIREARMS AND 374 LIVE AMMUNITION OF DIFFERENT CALIBRES, OTHER WEAPONS AND INCRIMINATING EXHIBITS.(PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.




 ENUGU STATE POLICE COMMAND PRESS RELEASE OF SUNDAY, 29TH JANUARY 2023


In reply, please quote: AZ:5052/ENS/PPRD/VOL.1/180


ENUGU POLICE OPERATIVES BUST ARMED ROBBERY GANG, ARREST 1, RECOVER SNATCHED TRICYCLE, 5 FIREARMS AND 374 LIVE AMMUNITION OF DIFFERENT CALIBRES, OTHER WEAPONS AND INCRIMINATING EXHIBITS;


- As CP Ammani commends Operatives, charging them to ensure fleeing members of the gang are apprehended


Police Operatives serving in Octopus Squad 'B' of Enugu State Command, on 27/01/2023 at about 9pm, conducted an intelligence-guided sting operation, intercepted and busted at Diamond Estate axis of Onitsha Road Enugu, an armed robbery gang, known to perpetrate heinous crimes within Enugu metropolis and environ under the nebulous name of "Unknown Gunmen". One of its members, who gave his name as Chinenye Nwadike (male) aged 32, a native of Mbaitoli in Imo State, but resident at Ndiagha, Amechi-Uwani Enugu, was arrested while others escaped with bullet wounds. The team recovered a yellow-coloured tricycle the suspects were operating in, which was earlier reported snatched by the gang at gunpoint in the evening hours of the same date, at Eke-Otu Amechi-Awkunanaw Enugu. Other exhibits recovered include: two (2) assault rifles, one (1) English-made and one (1) locally-fabricated Pump Action guns each, one (1) double-barreled gun, three hundred and forty-nine (349) live ammunition of 7.62mm calibre, twenty-five (25) live cartridges, one (1) Monday (sledge) hammer, one (1) Battle axe head, four (4) Machetes, two (2) bottles of Six Followers Perfume and objects suspected to be charms.


2. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, fdc, while commending the Operatives for acting on the crime prevention measures of the Command towards the actualization of the operational breakthrough, has charged them to remain steadfast, resolute and ensure that the fleeing members of the gang are fished out.


3. The CP enjoins citizens of the State to remain law-abiding, vigilant and continue to assist the Command with credible information and/or intelligence required to clamp down unrepentant criminals in the State. Such information/intelligence can be supplied at the nearest Police Station; or by calling the Command's emergency hotlines on: 08032003702, 08075390883, 08098880172 or 08086671202; or by alternatively sending emails to infoenugupolice@gmail.com.


DSP DANIEL NDUKWE, Anipr

Police Public Relations Officer,

Enugu State Command,

State Headquarters,

G.R.A., Enugu.

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