The Nigerian Navy has handed over 72 baggage of Hashish sativa, every weighing 40kg and 4 arrested suspects to the Marine Command of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company, NDLEA.
This was contained in an announcement issued by the Base Info Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS BEECROFT, Lt. Hussaini Ibrahim, on Tuesday, including that the Navy handed over three Ghanaian and one Beninese.
The commander of NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Rafiu Oladejo, represented by Navy Capt. Mutalib Raji, mentioned the consignments had been intercepted on August 25, 2024, by the Fast Response Crew.
In response to him, the operation adopted credible and actionable intelligence acquired by NNS BEECROFT on suspicious actions of some prison components going down across the Lekki Seashore axis.
This, he mentioned, prompted the deployment of the workforce to the world for an intensive operation, ensuing within the interception of 72 baggage of hashish sativa weighing over 2,880 kg.
He mentioned the trouble was sequel to the Strategic Directive of the Chief of the Naval Employees, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, to make sure a protected and secured maritime setting for financial actions to thrive.
“The workforce arrested three Ghanaians, particularly Godswill Zevor, Monday Kpomeja, Gbega Agbeko and a Beninois, Elugbe Philip.
“Perpetrators of illicit medication are warned to desist from such acts as NNS BEECROFT will proceed to pursue each prison ingredient working inside its space of operation.
“This profitable operation is a testomony to the unrelenting efforts of NNS BEECROFT to curtail the unfold and use of illicit medication amongst teeming youths, which negatively have an effect on their well being and threaten nationwide safety,” he mentioned.
