NDLEA arrests 2 for arms possession, 77 for drug trafficking in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two youths for the illegal possession of arms and 77 others for drug trafficking. The Command said one AK 47 rifle and one English-made double barrel pump action were recovered from the suspects during the arrest. Briefing journalists in Yenagoa, State Commander […]

The Bayelsa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two youths for the illegal possession of arms and 77 others for drug trafficking.

The Command said one AK 47 rifle and one English-made double barrel pump action were recovered from the suspects during the arrest.

Briefing journalists in Yenagoa, State Commander of the agency, Abdullahi Abdul, said the suspects were arrested by the command’s motorised patrol team on a routine duty on Tuesday.

According to Abdul, the suspects were nabbed on Dec. 1 while smuggling the arms from Ughelli, Delta, to Rivers for a token of N50,000 from a suspect now at large.

He also said the 77 suspects arrested for trafficking illicit drugs were nabbed between October and November. He said the suspects include 54 male adults and 23 female adults 

He said a total of 124.342kg of different types of illicit drugs were recovered from the suspects. (NAN)