The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a 29-year-old suspect, Ismail Isah, with an AK-47 rifle and two magazines concealed in a maize sack on the Abuja-Kaduna expressway.
The agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the arrest was made on Friday, May 16.
In separate operations, NDLEA operatives seized over 1,000kg of illicit drugs across Taraba, Jigawa, Niger, Nasarawa, and Lagos.
Among those arrested are a 60-year-old man caught with nearly 600kg of skunk in Nasarawa and another with 67.5kg on Lekki-Epe expressway.
The NDLEA has since intensified the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA), and pledged to continue its crackdown on drug traffickers nationwide.
