NDLEA Intercepts Fake $20M Along Lokoja-Abaji Highway

Category: Crime News

A stop-and-search operation by operatives of the NDLEA on the Lokoja-Abaji (FCT) highway has yielded fake $20 million.

The spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the fake currencies were recovered from a bus travelling from Lagos and heading to Abuja.

He stated that the 53-year-old driver of the vehicle, Onyebuchi Nlededin, was arrested.

Mr Babafemi also stated that one Jude Ndubuisi (52) was arrested in a raid on August 17 while in possession of 2.2kg of methamphetamine at Kabusa village, FCT.

He said the suspect was earlier arrested on July 7, 2022, for having 20.75kg of Indian hemp and that he was on court bail when he was nabbed for yet another drug crime.

The NDLEA spokesman said operatives recovered 82.8kg skunk, 1.8kg Rohypnol and 1.2kg diazepam last Wednesday in Dei-Dei and Tora-Bora Hills in the FCT.