The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 55-year-old suspected drug kingpin and five syndicate members at Kano airport after three Nigerian pilgrims were unjustly detained in Saudi Arabia over drug-laden bags secretly tagged to their names.
The Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Femi Babafemi disclosed this during at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja.
Babafemi who addressed the press alongside the Director of Assets and Financial Investigation, Dr Abdul Ibrahim, and the Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, Mrs Theresa Asuquo, said that the case came to light after complaint from families of three pilgrims to the NDLEA Chairman, retired, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa.