The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested five cross-border female drug traffickers at the Seme border, in the Badagry area of Lagos State.
The team were said to be on their way back to Lagos from Ghana when operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the NDLEA intercepted them.
This is according to a statement by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi on Sunday.
Babafemi explained that leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Olaribigbe Bashirat Feyisara has been under NDLEA radar before being tracked and arrested on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
She was apprehended along with other members of her gang: Abogun Fatimah Ladidi; Osibeluwo Tolulope Oluwaseun; Akanni Balikis Oluwatoyin and Ajetumobi Amudalat.
At the point of their arrest at the Seme border, a total of 14 packs of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, weighing a total of 6.97kg, were recovered from hidden parts of their bodies.
