The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has rearrested an 83- year+old woman, Uloma Uchevhi Sunday, for alleged drug dealing in Abia State, barely a year after she was convicted alongside her daughter.
The agency said she was arrested on October 7 at her residence in Obingwa Local Government Area, where methamphetamine and synthetic cannabis, known as Colorado,were allegedly found concealed around her waist.
Her re-arrests followed credible intelligence indicating that she runs notorious drug joint that Harbours criminal elements who terrorise the community.
Uloma’s first encounter with the law was on 17th May 2025 when she was arrested by NDLEA operatives at her residence in the same village alongside her daughter, Chisom Uchechi, 32, with 50 grams of methamphetamine, 522 grams of skunk, 260 grams of fresh cannabis leaves and 2 grams of tramadol.
Both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment or a fine of N200,000 each. They paid the fine and were released by the court.
Undeterred, the notorious old woman promptly returned to the criminal trade and escalated the scale by setting up a drug joint where she harbours dangerous characters.
Also, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State, NDLEA operatives, working in synergy with Customs Service, arrested a South African lady, Gebashe Sithandiwe Jessie, with 30 parcels of Thai Loud, a species of cannabis, weighing 32.74 Kilograms, concealed in two travelling bags. The suspect had travelled from Thailand via Doha aboard Qatar Airways flight QR 1431.
She confessed to having previously trafficked through other African countries, and was expanding her route to Port Harcourt when she was caught.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives at the Import Shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos have Intercepted a consignment of nine cartons from Pakistan abroad a Royal Air Maroc flight. The cargo was placed under watch on arrival on September 29th September.
A joint examination of the shipment on Tuesday 6th October uncovered 354,000 tablets of Tapentadol 250mg weighing 307.20kg.
The nationwide operations also resulted in major cannabis seizure, including 1,100kg in Cross River, 702.83kg in Edo, and more and more than 600kg across two operations in Ondo State. In Plateau State officers reportedly recovered suspected illicit drugs, two pump-action rifles, a locally made firearms and ammunition during a search in Jos.
-9News Nigeria.
