Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have rested a cripple, Lucky Aigberenmolen, who specialises in selling drugs in a wheelchair at Ekpoma, the Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.
The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday said 42-year-old Aigberenmolen was arrested while trading in illicit drugs on his wheelchair.
Babafemi disclosed in the statement that the cripple was arrested while possessing 1.3kg of cannabis sativa and 10 litres of monkey tail in a raid of drug joints in parts of the state.
According to the statement, another suspect, Mary David, 46, was arrested at Ugbegun, the Esan Central area of the state with four litres of monkey tail, and a 19-year-old Osagiede Stephanie was arrested at Ekpoma with various quantities of Colorado, Methamphetamine, and Molly.
Babafemi added that 50kg of cannabis stored in a bush ready for distribution was also recovered in the Irrua area of the state.
Also, a 400-level Marine Engineering student at the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa state, Kelvin Ogenedoro, has been arrested for dealing in 600 grams of skunk.
He was nabbed at the university’s gate in a follow-up operation following the interception of the consignment in a commercial bus along Tombia-Amassoma Road.