90-year-old grandma caught with 876kg cannabis

A 90-year-old grandmother, Godwoman Gboriye, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Bayelsa state in connection with a massive consignment of cannabis weighing 876kg.

The elderly woman was among four suspects arrested at Ovom, Yenagoa, during a major drug raid that yielded 110 bags of cannabis, as the anti-narcotics agency intensified its nationwide crackdown on illicit drug trafficking.

Her arrest was one of the major highlights of the NDLEA’s latest operations across Lagos, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Kaduna, Plateau, Bayelsa and Kano, which resulted in the recovery of more than 2.3 tonnes of assorted illicit drugs.

The other suspects arrested alongside the 90-year-old grandmother were Motombo Silver, 44; Pere Andrew, 39; and Keme Andrew, 43.

The Bayelsa operation formed part of a wider offensive by the agency against cannabis trafficking and other forms of illicit drug distribution across the country.

In Lagos, the NDLEA also intercepted two consignments of synthetic cannabis, popularly known as Colorado or Colos, coming from the United Kingdom.

At the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, operatives intercepted 27 parcels of Colorado weighing 32.20kg concealed in a consolidated cargo from the UK.

A real estate agent, Abideen Jide Salami, was arrested on Wednesday, September 9, after allegedly showing up to collect the luggage containing the illicit substance using a secret collection code reportedly sent to him by his brother in the UK.

A follow-up operation linked to another UK-bound consignment led to the arrest of 44-year-old Nurudeen Abiodun Kadiri, who was allegedly the designated recipient of another 12.25kg of Colorado.

Kadiri reportedly told investigators that his brother in the UK sent the consignment.