Troops Raid Drug Hub in Borno, Arrest Four Suspected Peddlers

(Troops of Operation. Photo Credit: Punch News)

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.

The development was disclosed in a social media post by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region.

According to Makama, the operation was conducted at approximately 1:08 p.m. on June 24 by troops of the 109 Special Forces Battalion as part of ongoing efforts to disrupt criminal networks fuelling insurgency and other violent crimes in the North-East.

The four suspects were identified as Alhaji Bukar, 30; Rawagana Abubakar, 19; Abubakar Mallam, 34; and Abbani Aisami, 21.

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.

Also seized were four containers of Diamond Rubber Solution and two litres of methylene chloride a dangerous inhalant commonly referred to as "Suck and Die."

Additional items recovered included two Android mobile phones, one Itel phone, one Tecno phone, a Bluetooth speaker, an earpiece, and 129 gas lighters.

Makama noted that the suspects are currently in the custody of the 109 Special Forces Battalion pending further investigation and possible prosecution.

"The operation forms part of sustained efforts by Operation HADIN KAI to dismantle drug tr@fficking networks believed to facilitate t3rrorist activities by supplying illicit substances and logistics to criminal elements operating within the theatre," he said.