The Nigerian Navy has arrested three suspected drug dealers and impounded illicit drugs worth N500 million in Akwa Ibom State.
The Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Capt. Uche Aneke, disclosed this on Thursday while handing over the contraband drugs and industrial chemicals to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Nigeria Customs Service in the state.
He said the suspects were arrested in a boat on Monday at 11:50 am during a routine patrol around the Bendero and Uta Uyata general area.
The commander said: “The boat was laden with over 125 sacks of industrial chemicals (crystalline ammonia) and 62 cartons of different brands of contraband drugs.
“These included 820 tubes of Pethidine (containing opium) and 24,800 bottles of Codeine syrup, en route to Nigeria from the Republic of Cameroon to smuggle the controlled substances into Nigeria.”
He warned individuals or groups engaging in criminality in Nigerian waters to desist or face the consequences.
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