Two ladies and two men wanted in connection with over 16,000 kilograms of illicit drugs intercepted in Lagos, Abuja and Netherlands top the list of arrests by operatives of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in parts of the country within the past week.

In Lagos, anti-narcotics officers who have been on the trail of 48-year-old Aro Aderinde for weeks arrested him on Sunday 16th of October over his involvement in the export of 3,149 kilograms cannabis sativa concealed in coconut fibres.

Similarly, two women: Hauwawu Bashiru and Basirat Adebisi Yahaya linked to the attempt to export 90 kilograms of methamphetamine, were equally arrested in Lagos and moved to Uyo to face charges along with their accomplice.

According to a communiqué by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, a notorious drug dealer in the Mushin-Isolo axis of Lagos, Monday Michael, was also arrested on Monday 17th October while conveying 365.7 kilograms of cannabis in two Toyota Sienna space buses.