The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a 41-year-old ex-convict and Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu (aka Richard) with 2700kg methamphetamine.
Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Abuja, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said Ndubuisi was arrested inside a commercial transport bus at an NDLEA check point at Namtari along Ngurore -Yola road, Adamawa on Monday 7th April 2025.
Babafemi said said the drugs were in four parcels concealed in two giant music speakers for distribution in Yola and Mubi, Adamawa State, and across the border into Cameroon.
According to the statement, he was found with two new music speakers used to conceal four packages of methamphetamine and monetary exhibit of N22,300.
Babafemi said in his statement, the suspect claimed he returned to Nigeria to continue his illicit drug trade after serving out his jail term in Malaysia where he had been arrested, convicted and sent to prison for drug trafficking offences.
