Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a large quantity of ephedrine bound for South Africa.
The Agency revealed this through a statement signed by its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, September 3, 2023.
Through credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives on Friday, August 25, 2023, intercepted a notorious dr¥g trafficker, Suleiman Babatunde Oba who is a member of a cartel distributing Coc@in£, Her@in, Methamphetamine and Eph£drin£ between Nigeria, Brazil, Ghana, South Africa, Mozambique, and Europe.
He was arrested while attempting to board a Rwanda Air flight to South Africa with two boxes loaded with eph£drin£ sealed in semovita packs. The recovered substance is a precursor chemical and active ingredient in the production of methamphetamine.
In his statement, Suleiman who holds a South African passport, is married to a South African lady and has lived there for over 20 years, identified Hakeem Babatunde Salami who equally lives in Lagos and South Africa as the head of the drug ring.
A follow-up raid in the house of Salami located at 75 Wosilatu Dawodu Street, Ijesha, Aguda area of Surulere, Lagos on Monday 28th August revealed that he had fled the country on the same day Suleiman was arrested. However, a white Toyota Venza car with registration number LSR 410 HT, a Mercedes Benz SUV marked LSD 998HP, phones and vital documents needed for further investigation were recovered from the house.
