How NDLEA discovered snake-guarded shrine used for storing drugs in popular south south state

• Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have continued their fight and raid on illicit drugs in the country
• Two ladies were arrested for using snake guarded shrine to store illicit drugs in the Igor community, Benin City, Edo state
• The NLDEA operatives also arrested two men during a raid on the Usen forest in Ovia South West LGA, Edo state

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Benin City, Edo state - Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two ladies for using snake guarded shrine to store illicit drugs in Igor community, Benin City, Edo state.

The two suspects, Sonia Chinonso Ezumezu and Risikatu Tijani were arrested following credible intelligence.

NDLEA bursts snake-guarded shrine used for storing drugs Photo credit: @ndlea_nigeria
Source: Twitter

NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued via the agency’s X handle (formerly known as Twitter) @ndlea_nigeria, on Sunday, June 23.

Babafemi said the NDLEA operatives during the raid “detected a specially constructed large hole storage in a wall covered with wallpapers and fetish objects.”

He added that:

“Different quantities of illicit substances such as methamphetamine, Loud, Colorado and Arizona, all strong strains of cannabis with a total weight of 8.743 kilograms, were pulled out from the deep hole dug in the wall of the shrine building.“At least, two ladies: Sonia Chinonso Ezumezu and Risikatu Tijani were arrested during the intelligence-led operation on Tuesday 18th June 2024 after the big black snake guarding the shrine was demobilized."

The NDLEA operatives also arrested Obi Ferguson,45, and Ernest Abanum, 46, with 209kg cannabis and a motorcycle recovered while raiding the Usen forest in Ovia South West LGA, Edo state

NDLEA arrests intending pilgrims with Illicit drugs

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that two intending pilgrims were arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The suspects were arrested with cocaine weighing 1.10kg in the Oshodi area of Lagos state on Wednesday, June 5. The suspects are identified as 38-year-old Fatai Yekini from Iseyin in Oyo state and 34-year-old Ayinla Kemi from the Eti-Osa area of Lagos state.

According to NDLEA, the suspects were arrested while on their way to the 2024 Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Source: Legit.ng