NDLEA arrests the most wanted drug cartel leader in Lagos, Temo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested the head of a drug cartel in Mushin area of ​​Lagos, Alhaji Sulaiman Jimoh alias Temo.

NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

He said the suspect, who had been on the wanted list for more than two years, was arrested at his residence after facing resistance from a gang of criminals on Monday.

The spokesman added that NDLEA operatives had intercepted a large consignment of illegal drugs worth billions of naira belonging to Temo, but he remained evasive while several encounters with him and his armed gang in the Mushin enclave resulted in gun battles.

Babafemi said: “Some of the recent seizures of his consignments include 14,524.8 kilograms of Ghana Loud, a potent sativa strain of cannabis, smuggled into Lagos from Ghana in two trucks and a J5 bus intercepted at Ojuelegba area of ​​Lagos in the early hours of Sunday, January 28, 2024, two trucks loaded with the same substance weighing 8,852 kg intercepted at Eleko beach, Lekki, Lagos on May 4, 2023 and 252 kg of Loud seized from his enclave in Mushin on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

“Indeed, in the last two encounters, his men were involved in a gunfight with NDLEA members.

“The drug trafficker is notorious for always moving around to evade arrest, but with the persistence and determination of the agency aided by modern equipment and intelligence, the concerted efforts to arrest him yielded results at 10:00 am on Monday, July 22, 2024 when the NDLEA surveillance team hunting him tracked and arrested him on Igbarere Road, Mushin.

“A force of about 50 officers was immediately deployed to the area as he attempted to flee in a Mercedes Benz GLE 350 SUV marked 01G-300G. However, his attempt to escape by mobilizing the criminals to attack and distract the officers failed. He was then overpowered and taken away from the chaotic crime scene while his men surrendered to the superior firepower of the anti-narcotics agents who also managed to recover the Mercedes Benz SUV where the suspect was found.”

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