The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced that its operatives have intercepted a total of 31,124,600 pills of tramadol (225mg) and bottles of codeine-based syrup worth over N17,932,200,000.00 in street value at the Port Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers State, and Tincan Seaport in Lagos.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency announced that its operatives have intercepted a total of 31,124,600 pills of tramadol and bottles of codeine-based syrup worth over N17,932,200,000.00 in street value at the Port Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers State, and Tincan Seaport in Lagos .
's Director of Media and Advocacy, on Sunday. Babafemi disclosed that a breakdown of the seizures shows that 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup were recovered from two containers at Tincan Port in Lagos on Thursday, 29th August, and Friday, 30th August 2024. Each of the two containers had 175,000 bottles of the opioid. He also stated that
were subjected to joint examination on Friday, 30th August, resulting in the recovery of 3,030 cartons of codeine syrup containing 554,600 bottles of the opioid. Babafemi said the discovery brings the total bottles of codeine seized at Onne, Rivers State, and Tincan in Lagos to 1,284,600 bottles, worth N8,992,200,000.00 in street value, while the combined seizure of tramadol stood at 29,840,000 pills valued at N8,940,000,000.00.
operatives raided her apartment at Oral Estate, Lekki, on Wednesday, 24th January, following credible intelligence that she deals in illicit substances.
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