Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have apprehended a suspected drug supplier to bandits operating in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State and seized several batches of illicit substances hidden inside containers of local black soap and other materials.
The suspect, Mohammed Sani, also known as Gamboli, was arrested on Thursday, December 11, 2025, in Anguwan Fadama, Kuta, nearly three weeks after evading capture during an earlier raid on his home in Anguwan Makera, Kuta.
During a previous operation on November 20, NDLEA operatives searched his residence and recovered 471.8 kilograms of skunk cannabis.
In a statement issued on Sunday, NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said the suspect escaped during the initial raid but was later tracked down through intelligence-led operations. He added that intelligence findings connected the suspect to the supply of illegal 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.
