Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State and intercepted multiple consignments of drugs concealed in containers of local black soap and other items.
The suspect, Mohammed Sani, also known as Gamboli, was arrested on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at Anguwan Fadama, Kuta, three weeks after he escaped arrest during a raid on his residence in Anguwan Makera, Kuta.
NDLEA operatives had earlier, on November 20, raided his house and recovered 471.8 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis.
In a statement released on Sunday, the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the suspect fled during the operation but was later traced to his hideout through intelligence-led efforts. He said intelligence reports linked him to the supply of illicit drugs to bandits in the area.
Babafemi said, “Three weeks after escaping arrest at his home in Anguwan Makera, Kuta, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, a notorious supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in the area, 33-year-old Mohammed Sani (alias Gamboli), has been arrested by operatives of the NDLEA at his hideout.
“Following credible intelligence about the illicit drug activities of Gamboli, NDLEA operatives had on November 20, 2025, raided his house at Anguwan Makera, Kuta, where they recovered 471.8 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis.
“On December 11, NDLEA officers, acting on processed intelligence, traced and arrested him at one of his drug joints in Anguwan Fadama, Kuta. Intelligence reports had indicated that Gamboli is a major supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in Shiroro Local Government Area.”
He also said operatives intercepted 907 pills of tramadol, tapentadol, cocodamol, amitriptyline, and bromazepam concealed in containers of local black soap and designer wear in six consignments bound for the United States, Canada, and Sweden.
“No fewer than 907 pills of tramadol, tapentadol, cocodamol, amitriptyline and bromazepam concealed in containers of local black soap and designer wear, in six different consignments going to the US, Canada and Sweden, were intercepted and seized by NDLEA operatives at two major courier companies in Lagos between Tuesday, December 9, and Wednesday, December 10, 2025,” Babafemi said.
