Three weeks after evading arrest at his residence in Anguwan Makera, Kuta, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a notorious supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in the area.
The suspect, 33-year-old Mohammed Sani, also known as Gamboli, was apprehended at his hideout following sustained intelligence-led operations.
According to NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the agency had received intelligence linking Gamboli to large-scale drug trafficking activities. He said NDLEA operatives raided the suspect’s house at Anguwan Makera, Kuta, on November 20, 2025, where they recovered 471.8 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis.
Babafemi stated, “Though he escaped arrest during the raid and has since been in hiding, the manhunt for him eventually paid off on Thursday 11th December when NDLEA officers acting on processed intelligence traced and arrested him at one of his drug joints in Anguwan Fadama, Kuta. Intelligence reports had indicated that Gamboli is a major supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in Shiroro local government area.”
In a related development, Babafemi disclosed that NDLEA operatives in Abia State on Thursday, December 11, raided a clandestine codeine syrup-manufacturing factory located at Amapu Igbengwo village, Umuakpara, in Osisioma Local Government Area. During the operation, officers recovered a total of 9,015 bottles of codeine syrup with a combined weight of 1,152.2 kilograms.
He further revealed that no fewer than 907 pills of tramadol, tapentadol, cocodamol, amitriptyline, and bromazepam were intercepted and seized by NDLEA operatives at two major courier companies in Lagos. The drugs were concealed in containers of local black soap and designer clothing across six different consignments destined for the United States, Canada, and Sweden between Tuesday, December 9, and Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
The agency said the operations were part of ongoing efforts to dismantle drug trafficking networks and disrupt the supply of illicit substances linked to criminal activities across the country.
