One dead, many injured as NDLEA, youths clash in Lagos
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One person has been reportedly confirmed dead and many injured after a clash with men of the the National Drug Enforcement Agency in Lagos
It was gathered that the NDLEA officials engaged some thugs in a gun fight during a raid on camps of some drug peddlers in the area on Saturday morning.
According to a source, the mayhem was unleashed when NDLEA men tried to arrest a notorious drug kingpin who resisted arrest, attracting the attention of youths in the area when they launched an attack against the NDLEA team in Lagos island.
Reacting, NDLEA stated it acted on credible intelligence that A major drug kingpin operating the notorious Patey Lagos Island drug haven, in Lagos state, Mrs Sherifat Kehinde Lawal has been arrested along with six other suspects by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
It was gathered that the NDLEA operatives also recovered 5,862 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs including Loud and Codeine in the raid.
The news of the raid is coming some days after NDLEA officials arrested Zinoleesky and Mohbad from their residence in Lekki for being in possession of hard drugs.
