NDLEA Arrests 14 Traffickers, Uncovers Cocaine in Drug Packs

The Bayelsa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says its operatives have arrested 14 suspected drug traffickers in different parts of Yenagoa and its surrounding communities.The command also said it seized a total of 7.1499 kilogrammes of different narcotic drugs including cocaine.
The agency’s spokesman, Ikenna Osakwe, who made the revelation in a statement on Thursday, said the feat was achieved in their operations in January 2016.
He said the hidden cocaine was discovered by operatives on a motorised patrol along the East-West Road while being ferried to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in a branded commercial bus.Osakwe said worthy of note was the discovery of 4.9 grammes of cocaine by operatives deceptively concealed inside a packed of a sealed pharmaceutical product.
Osakwe noted, “The illicit drug was deceptively concealed inside a packet of a sealed pharmaceutical product. The actors in this offence have been arrested and the matter is under investigation.