Fentanyl: NDLEA busts Anambra lethal drug syndicate, arrests members
, Fentanyl, in Ogbogwu Market, Onitsha Head Bridge, Anambra State, reputed to be the largest drug market in West Africa.
The spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Tuesday, said the suspects’ arrests came on the heels of an alert issued by the anti-narcotics agency in November 2022 that some criminal elements were plotting to flood the Nigerian market with the drug which is currently responsible for over 70 per cent of overdose deaths.
“Following credible intelligence and synergy with local and international partners, the NDLEA was able to mobilise necessary assets to trace the illicitly manufactured drug to the Ogbogwu market, Onitsha Head Bridge, reputed to be the largest drug market in West Africa, after months of undercover monitoring,”
“While packs of liquid Fentanyl were recovered from Oguejiofor, different quantities of banned and controlled drugs including Fentanyl were seized from Uzoma.
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