The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has conducted a raid on drug hawkers at motor parks and markets in the federal capital territory (FCT).

In a statement on X, the agency said operatives of its investigation and enforcement directorate acted on intelligence from the Department of State Services (DSS) to carry out the raids.

NAFDAC said its operatives seized illegal drugs estimated at over N107 million and arrested 20 suspects.

“The operation coordinated by the Kaduna and Abuja I&E/FTF offices targeted illegal drug sales at Area 1 Motor Park, Dunamis Market Garki, Zuba Market, Nyanya Motor Park, and Asokoro over a two-day period,” the statement reads.

“During the raid, the team arrested twenty suspects and confiscated over 50 wares of illegal and dangerous drugs, including Tramadol 225 mg, Rohypnol, Diazepam, Cod Amol, aphrodisiacs, and codeine syrups. The estimated street value of the seized drugs is over ₦107 million.

“The arrested individuals are under investigation, and all confiscated products will be destroyed. This raid is part of an ongoing effort to rid public spaces of illegal drug hawking and ensure public safety.”

Earlier this month, NAFDAC sealed more than five cosmetic shops in the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex for “selling fake products”.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives at the Gombe zonal command have arrested one Zachariyya Muhammad for “abuse of the naira”.

In a statement on Wednesday, the EFCC said Muhammad was arrested on May 25 following intelligence linking him with alleged spraying of naira notes at G-Connect in Tunfure, Gombe.

“Upon his arrest, he was shown a video where he was dancing and spraying Naira notes in N200 (Two Hundred Naira) denomination. He admitted to being the one in the video,” the statement reads.

“He will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.”

Section 21 of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act frowns at abuse of the naira in the form of tampering, stepping on, tearing, spraying, and hawking.

Section 21 of the Act states: “(1) A person who tampers with a coin or note issued by the Bank is guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not less than six months or to a fine not less than N50,000 or to both such fine and imprisonment.

“(3) For the avoidance of doubt, spraying of, dancing or matching on the Naira or any note issued by the Bank during social occasions or otherwise howsoever shall constitute an abuse and defacing of the Naira or such note and shall be punishable under Sub-section (1) of this section.”

Recently, the EFCC went after celebrities who allegedly abused the naira.

On April 12, a federal high court in Lagos sentenced Bobrisky, the social media celebrity, to six months in prison for abusing the naira.

On April 16, the EFCC filed a three-count charge against Cubana Chief Priest, the nightlife promoter, for alleged abuse of the Nigerian currency.

Earlier this month, the EFCC said its operatives in Kano have secured the convictions of 31 individuals involved in illegal currency trading and abuse of the naira.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda, a couple, for running a drug cartel.

In a statement on Tuesday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the duo was arrested on May 25 by operatives of a special operations unit, with support from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the United States.

He said the suspects were arrested at Ibiye, a community near Badagry, while attempting to cross the land border to deliver the consignment in Ghana.

He said at the point of their arrest, 42 blocks of cocaine weighing 47.5 kilogrammes, were found on them.

“A swift follow up operation in their residence at Plot 24/25 OPIC Extension, Petedo road, Agbara, Ogun, led to the recovery of additional eight blocks of the same drug weighing 10kg,” the statement reads.

“This brought the total weight of the cocaine seized from the couple to 57.5 kilograms.”

Babafemi said in a separate raid by the special operations unit, no fewer than 1,100 ampoules of lethal synthetic opioid weighing 6.48kg were recovered.

The NDLEA spokesman said the drugs were recovered from 34-year-old Ikeh Stanley Ifeanyi, a member of a drug trafficking syndicate, at the popular Idumota market in Lagos Island.

He said no less than 790 ampoules of fentanyl weighing 5.273kg were also seized from 48-year-old Chieze Ogechukwu Benjamin, another member of the syndicate, at Idumota market.

“Fentanyl, a lethal synthetic opioid which is 100 times more potent than heroin, is currently responsible for over 70 percent overdose deaths as well as a major contributor to fatal and nonfatal overdoses in the US,” the statement reads.