NDLEA intercepts cache of military-grade ammunition heading to Katsina
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on patrol along Abuja-Kaduna highway have intercepted 380 military-grade ammunition going to Katsina state.
The suspect, 30-year-old Sunusi Musa, and the exhibit have been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further action.
The interception occurred on May 24, 2026, same day another team of operatives arrested a couple, Musa Sunday and Mercy Sunday, along with another suspect, Salomi Ezekiel, 38.
They were arrested following the seizure of 100 jumbo bags of skunk with a gross weight of 1,246 kilograms from their home at Gonin Gora area of Kaduna.
In Lagos, a consignments of high potency illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped to Lagos from Netherlands, was uncovered by the NDLEA.
The illicit drug consignments carefully hidden in the water purifier machines, were discovered and seized at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday 26th May 2026.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives in Niger State acting on credible intelligence raided a warehouse at Gidan Kukah, Bosso LGA in Niger State, where 457 kilograms of skunk were recovered on Wednesday 27th May and a suspect, Godwin Zakka, 46, arrested at his Gbeganu, Minna residence.
Also, operatives on patrol along Onitsha/Enugu expressway on Thursday 28th May intercepted a Taraba state-bound commercial vehicle marked JAY-158-YF, conveying 22,000 pills of tramadol, 100 ampoules of pentazocine and 200 grams of bromazepam.
The owner of the illicit drugs, James Maigari Wisdom, was arrested.
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