Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have arrested four suspected drug peddlers during a raid on a suspected drug distribution point in Magumeri town, Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State.
This was made known in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region.
Zagazola noted that the operation was conducted at about 1:08 p.m. on June 24 by troops of the 109 Special Forces Battalion as part of ongoing efforts to disrupt criminal networks fueling insurgency and other violent crimes in the North-East.
According to him, the suspects were identified as Alhaji Bukar, 30; Rawagana Abubakar, 19; Abubakar Mallam, 34; and Abbani Aisami, 21.
He added that items recovered during the operation included 164 wraps of cannabis, 38 wraps of Erinmore, one card of Tramadol tablets, 101 white tablets identified as Hyxul and 38 bottles of Exiplon syrup.
Others include four containers of Diamond Rubber Solution, and two litres of methylene chloride, a dangerous inhalant commonly referred to as \u201cSuck and Die.\u201d
The security expert further said that troops also recovered two Android mobile phones, one Itel phone, one Tecno phone, a Bluetooth speaker, an earpiece and 129 gas lighters.
\u201cThe suspects are currently in the custody of the 109 Special Forces Battalion for further investigation and possible prosecution.
\u201cThe operation forms part of sustained efforts by Operation HADIN KAI to dismantle drug trafficking networks believed to facilitate terrorist activities by supplying illicit substances and logistics to criminal elements operating within the theatre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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