UMUAHIA, ABIA– The National Drug Police (NDLEA) has actually detained an 84-year-old grandfather and a 75-year-old pensioner for apparently running an illicit drug ring targeting teenage secondary school trainees in Umuahia, the Abia State capital.
The functional advancement was verified in a main law enforcement statement launched on Sunday, June 21, 2026, by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, at the agency’s head office in Abuja.
Opioids Intercepted at Patent Medicine Counter
The first suspect, an 84-year-old male, was nabbed on Friday by anti-narcotics operatives following weeks of continual, reliable intelligence tracking.
The reports alleged that he was methodically introducing unsafe chemical compounds to minors.
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NDLEA tactical teams robbed the suspect’s signed up patent medicine store located at 4 Club Roadway, Umuahia.
An extensive search of the industrial property resulted in the recovery of 4.64 kg of heavily controlled pharmaceutical opioids, consisting of high-dose tramadol and diazepam tablets hidden within the store’s stock.
Captured at the School Gate
In a parallel development, the 75-year-old pensioner was nabbed straight on the premises of Saint Silas Secondary School in Old Umuahia.
Vigilant institutional guard caught the senior suspect flagrantly supplying illicit pills to two teenage secondary school trainees.
The school guards apprehended the suspect and the minors, handing them over to the Nigeria Police Force, who subsequently transferred the case file and the suspects to the state NDLEA command on June 18, 2026.
Babafemi mentioned: “In his confessional statement, among the 2 teens, a 15-year-old Senior Secondary School (SS2) student, confessed that the grandpas regularly supply him with controlled substances, which he abuses and also disperses to his fellow schoolmates.
While the two grandpas are billed to have their day in court to deal with instant prosecution, the young trainees have been positioned under the agency’s counseling and rehab wings.”