CRIME AND SECURITY
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized large consignments of skunk, heroin, and other opioids in raids across Kano, Kwara, Kaduna, Taraba, Abia, Osun, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi disclosed in a statement on Sunday that in Kano, 727 blocks of compressed skunk weighing 479kg were recovered from a 40-year-old suspect. According to him, NDLEA operatives arrested the suspect in the Chalawa area of the state on March 12. Mr Babafemi added that no fewer than 58,300 pills of tramadol were also intercepted along the Kabba-Obajana highway, Kogi, in a commercial bus coming from Lagos en route to Abuja on March 11. He added that raid operations in Kachia, Kaduna, on March 13 led to the arrest of a 21-year-old suspect, with 4,900 pills of tramadol 225mg seized from him. Mr Babafemi said a similar exercise in the Hayin Banki area of Kaduna North Local Government Area (LGA) on March 14 also resulted in the arrest of another 25-year-ol...