The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared an India-based Nigerian couple, Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade, wanted for operating a cocaine cartel from India.
Following the arrest of four cartel members in Lagos, including the recovery of a Sports Utility Vehicle, the agency has sealed two houses linked to the couple for forfeiture to the Federal Government.
This information was shared in a statement by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, posted on the agency’s website on Sunday.
“Two members of the syndicate: Imran Taofeek Olalekan and Ishola Isiaka Olalekan were arrested on April 3, 2024 following their bid to export 3.40kg cocaine on a Qatar Airlines flight going to Oman through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.
“While Imran was the courier conveying the drug consignment to Oman, Ishola recruited him for the head of the cartel, which investigation has now revealed to be Alhaji Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade whose Indian residence permit bears Abdul Qassim Adisa Balogun based in India.
“Efforts to dismantle his network in Nigeria paid off after five weeks of surveillance and follow up operations when another member of the syndicate, Hamed Abimbola Saheed, who works directly with the baron was arrested on Tuesday 14th May at Abule Egba area of Lagos. It was indeed Saheed who lodged Imran in a hotel a day before his aborted trip to Oman and equally dropped him and Ishola at the Lagos airport the day they were arrested.”
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