Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four suspects, Baraka Abubakar (40), Haruna Alitine (23), Muhammad Babangida (20) and Hamisu Lawal during a raid on Godai village in Daura LGA, where 684 blocks of compressed skunk, a strain of cannabis weighing 423kgs and 86,000 pills of diazepam were recovered from them.

The three male suspects were arrested while repackaging the diazepam tablets into other containers while Baraka, the female suspect was apprehended with the heaps of skunk in her house.

Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this on Sunday in a statement in Abuja, also said the Agency arrested a Lekki-based businessman and proprietor of Damillionz Takeout, Arokodare Damil Ebenezer in connection with the shipment of 60 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, from the United States of America to Nigeria.

The 43-year-old businessman was arrested at Bay Lounge, Admiralty Way, Lekki area of Lagos while he was expecting to take the delivery of his latest drug consignment.

He said the suspect’s arrest followed the seizure of his cargo that arrived in Nigeria in seven big cartons at a logistics company in Lagos on March 12.

“After his arrest, he was taken to his Lekki home for a search during which 94grams of the same psychoactive substance, cannabis crusher and other drug paraphernalia were recovered.

This brings the total weight of the drug seized from him to 32.24 kgs.

“In his statement, he claimed he started the illicit drug business in 2017,” Babafemi said.