NDLEA seizes 3,047 kg skunk on Suleja-Kaduna road; four arrested
Nigeria's NDLEA intercepted a fuel truck and three other vehicles loaded with 246 bags of skunk, a cannabis strain, weighing 3,047 kg on the Suleja-Kaduna road in Niger State on 7 May 2025. Four suspects were arrested and three additional vehicles were recovered.
On 7 May 2025, NDLEA officers acting on intelligence intercepted a fuel truck
and three other vehicles loaded with 246 bags of skunk, a strain of cannabis,
weighing 3,047 kg on the Suleja-Kaduna road in Niger State.[1]
Four suspects were arrested with the exhibits: Christopher Onyema, 47; Benedict
Etineruba Young, 54; Chukwudi Ujue Jerry, 30; and Mohammed Abdullahi Danasabe.[1]Apart from the fuel truck, three other vehicles were recovered from the
suspects: a Honda Odyssey bus, a Gulf bus, and another Honda Odyssey bus.[1]
Case data
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