The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed that a group of drug cartels have kidnapped an unnamed retired NDLEA officer after operatives of the agency arrested a 19-year-old female drug dealer, Magunengen Achir, in Benue State.
NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday.
He said Achir was arrested with 5.5kg cannabis and 112grams of diazepam on October 6 in the Aliade area of the state.
According to him, “Other members of the arrested lady’s cartel abducted the retired NDLEA personnel from that community who they assumed was still a serving officer, took him to a forest and demanded for the release of the suspect in custody before their victim would be freed.”
It was gathered that in the past week, NDLEA officers arrested 110 drug dealers in nine states, dismantled their hideouts and seized assorted illicit substances.
