The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have apprehended a drug Baron in Imo State.
A notorious drug cartel, which is said to be run by a 42-year-old Baron, Joachin Chikaodi has been taken down. According to reports, the cartel is said to be the one behind the distribution of hard drugs like psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’.
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Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said the suspect, and his associates were arrested in his mansion in Umuomi village, Uzogba-Ezenomi autonomous community, Ikeduru local government area of Imo State.
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He said;
‘’After weeks of surveillance, officers of a special operations unit of the Agency on Friday 5th July 2024, tracked and traced the drug lord to his village mansion in Imo state where he was caught with a member of his cartel, Kenneth Chibuike Ofoegbu, 34, with different quantities of methamphetamine, its precursor chemicals, a pump action gun and cartridges recovered”
Babafemi said exhibits recovered from the house include: 419.99 grams of methamphetamine; 750 grams of iodine, a precursor chemical for meth; 500 grams of sodium bicarbonate, a precursor chemical for meth; two electronic weighing scales and a pump action gun with four cartridges.
