A report monitored in vanguard says troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) under Operation DESERT SANITY V, have arrested a suspected drug dealer, Hauwa Abulazeez, aged 65, in Askira Uba LGA of Borno State.

The suspect is alleged to be one of the suppliers of cannabis sativa to Boko Haram terrorist elements operating through Askira Uba, Rumirgo, Gwahi, Wamdiyo, Uvu, Gaya villages, and a key conduit in the distribution of the substance across several communities within the Theatre.

This significant success, according to the Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force North East ‘Operation HADIN KAI’ (OPHK), Lt. Col. Sani Uba in a statement on Sunday said, it was in efforts to degrade terrorist logistics and criminal support networks in the North East.

“Acting on credible intelligence on 23 January 2026, troops arrested a suspected drug dealer, Hauwa Abulazeez, aged 65, in Askira Uba LGA of Borno State.