The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a 49-year-old man, Innocent Ekpe, on Wednesday, September 16, along the Benin-Onitsha Expressway in Asaba, Delta State. He was allegedly impersonating a senior police officer and was found with 292.48 kilogrammes of skunk concealed in his silver Toyota Sienna bus. Investigations revealed that Ekpe had been using a forged police identification card bearing the name Godwin Emeka, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, to evade security checks. A 39-year-old accomplice, Nduka Joseph, was also arrested. The arrests were part of intelligence-led operations across multiple states and the FCT, resulting in the interception of over 1.3 million pills and capsules of tramadol and other substances.
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