A 41-year-old ex-convict and Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu, also known as Richard, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency while attempting to traffic 2.7kg of methamphetamine concealed inside two giant music speakers headed for distribution in Yola, Mubi, and across the border into Cameroon.
Ndubuisi, who confessed to returning to Nigeria to continue his drug trafficking operations after completing a jail sentence in Malaysia, was intercepted on Monday, April 7, 2025, by NDLEA operatives at a checkpoint in Namtari along the Ngurore-Yola road in Adamawa State.
A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi said the suspect was travelling in a commercial transport bus when officers discovered the four parcels of meth and a monetary exhibit of N22,300 hidden in the speakers.
“In his statement, he claimed he returned to Nigeria to continue his illicit drug trade after serving out his jail term in Malaysia where he had been arrested, convicted and sent to prison for drug trafficking offences, “ Baba Femi added.