NDLEA intercepts military-grade ammunition in Kaduna, arrests couple
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 380 rounds of military-grade ammunition along the Abuja-Kaduna highway in Kaduna State and handed over the suspect and exhibits to the appropriate security agency for further investigation. The agency disclosed that the ammunition was recovered from a 30-year-old suspect, identified as Sunusi Musa, during […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 380 rounds of military-grade ammunition along the Abuja-Kaduna highway in Kaduna State and handed over the suspect and exhibits to the appropriate security agency for further investigation.
The agency disclosed that the ammunition was recovered from a 30-year-old suspect, identified as Sunusi Musa, during a patrol operation at Jere along the Abuja-Kaduna highway on May 24, 2026.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was intercepted while allegedly transporting the ammunition to Katsina State.
The statement said the recovered ammunition comprised 380 rounds of 7.62mm military-grade bullets.
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“In another interdiction operation in Kaduna State, NDLEA officers on patrol along the Abuja-Kaduna highway by Jere intercepted a 30-year-old suspect, Sunusi Musa, with 380 military-grade ammunition, RLA 7.62mm, going to Katsina State. The suspect and the exhibit have since been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further action,” the statement said.
He said the seizure came amid ongoing efforts by security agencies to curb the proliferation of illegal arms and ammunition across the country.
The agency also announced the arrest of a couple, Musa Sunday and Mercy Sunday, alongside another suspect, Salomi Ezekiel, following the seizure of 100 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 1,246 kilograms at Gonin Gora in Kaduna State.
Elsewhere, NDLEA operatives in Lagos uncovered consignments of illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped from the Netherlands.
The drugs, comprising three kilograms of ketamine and 199 grams of MDMA (Ecstasy) pills, were discovered at a courier company on May 26.
In Niger State, the statement noted that operatives raided a warehouse in Gidan Kukah, Bosso Local Government Area, recovering 457 kilograms of skunk and arresting a suspect, Godwin Zakka, in connection with the seizure.
Similarly, in Enugu State, NDLEA officers intercepted a commercial vehicle along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway and recovered 22,000 pills of tramadol, 100 ampoules of pentazocine, and 200 grams of bromazepam. A suspect, James Maigari Wisdom, was arrested.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Mohammed Buba Marwa, commended officers involved in the operations and urged them to sustain the momentum in the agency’s fight against drug trafficking and abuse across the country.