NDLEA arrests couple running drug cartel

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested a couple, Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda, for running a drug cartel.

A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said the duo were arrested on Saturday, May 25 by operatives of the Special Operations Unit with the of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the United States.

He said the suspects were arrested at Ibiye, a community near Badagry, while attempting to cross the land border to deliver the consignment in Ghana.

He said at the point of their arrest 42 blocks of cocaine weighing 47.5 kilogrammes, were found on them.

“A swift follow up operation in their residence at Plot 24/25 OPIC Extension, Petedo road, Agbara, Ogun, led to the recovery of additional eight blocks of the same drug weighing 10kg.

“This brought the total weight of the cocaine seized from the couple to 57.5 kilograms,” Babafemi said.