NDLEA Arrest Artistes’ Manager, Bizman selling drugs in Lagos clubs

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a Lekki-based artiste’s manager and his accomplice, an Ikoyi businessman, both of whom specialise in the distribution of illicit drugs to fun seekers at big night clubs and lounges in the Lekki and other areas on the Lagos Island.

Lovetvnews Nigeria reports that their arrests followed an intelligence-led operation about a shipment of Colorado, a strong synthetic strain of cannabis coming from Los Angeles, United States.

Thias online news medium learnt that according tothe spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this on Sunday, Oseni Babatunde (aka Papalampa) was the first to be arrested in his house at No. 3 Ope Daniel Taiwo Street, off Chisco Bus-Stop, in the Lekki area of Lagos, when the consignment arrived on Sunday, July 23.

“During a preliminary interview with the suspect, he confessed that he started the illicit trade three years ago and has been selling to patrons of clubs and lounges in Lekki and Lagos Island, some of which he identified as Quilox, Silver Fox, DNA and Hotbox,” Babafemi said.

He noted that Oseni further revealed that besides the drug business, he also organised shows for artistes around Lagos and outside Nigeria.

Meanwhile, a total of 10 parcels of Colorado weighing 2.50kgs, concealed inside large tins of coffee and duvets linked to Oseni were intercepted by the NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.

During a follow-up search of his residence, operatives recovered some quantities of the same substance, a digital weighing scale and other paraphernalia