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West African drug syndicate member nabbed in Marikina City

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<div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-top" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div><br/><div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/07/west-african-drug-syndicate-member-nabbed-marikina-city/nigerian-drug-suspect-image-by-pdea/"><img alt="" src="http://kickerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Nigerian-drug-suspect-Image-by-PDEA-600x264.jpg" title="Nigerian drug suspect"/></a> <span class="wp-caption-text">Image by PDEA</span> </div><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside><p><strong>• A Nigerian, believed to be a member of a West African drug syndicate, was nabbed by PDEA agents in Marikina City<br/>• 300 grams of shabu with a street value of P1,050,000 was seized from the suspect<br/>• The suspect used football coaching as cover for his illegal activities</strong></p><br/><p>A Nigerian national believed to be a member of the West African drug syndicate operating in the country was nabbed by authorities in Marikina on Tuesday night, July 12.</p><br/><p>The suspect, identified as Ejiye Okoye who went by the alias Martin was entrapped by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during a buy-bust operation at a bar in Marikina.</p><br/><p>PDEA Central Luzon director Emerson Margate said undercover agents were able to secure a deal to buy 300 grams of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) for P360,000 and agreed to meet inside a bar along Don Juan Sumulong Highway in Barangay Sto. Nino, Marikina.</p><br/><p>“PDEA-3 agents were able to secure a drug deal from Okoye for the purchase of 300 grams of shabu for P360,000.00 and agreed to meet inside a resto bar in Marikina City where he was collared by our operatives,” the <a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/pdea-sizes-p1-m-worth-of-shabu-nabbed-nigerian-member-drug-syndicate/">Manila Bulletin</a> quoted the PDEA official as saying.</p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-middle"><br/><br/></div><br/></div><br/><p>Margate said PDEA agents confiscated the illegal substance packed in six medium-sized re-sealable transparent plastic sachets with an estimated street value of P1,050,000. The marked money used in the buy-bust operation was also recovered.</p><br/><p>Okoye has been living in the country for two years and is working as a football coach. Margate said the suspect used coaching as a cover for his illegal activities.</p><br/><p>Okoye was brought to the PDEA Jail Facility in Camp Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga for further investigation.</p><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside> <center> </center><br/><p><em>This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.</em><br/>Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Most-Labour-MPs-in-the-UK-Are-Revolting-20160630-0020.html">Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting</a>.</p><br/><p><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/07/west-african-drug-syndicate-member-nabbed-marikina-city/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a></p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-bottom" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div>

Image by PDEA • A Nigerian, believed to be a member of a West African drug syndicate, was nabbed by PDEA agents in Marikina City • 300 gr...