The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two containers filled with opioids, including codeine and tramadol, valued at N4.3 billion on the streets. The containers were seized at the Port Harcourt Ports complex during a joint operation with the Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ) has seized two containers of opioids imported into the country, with an estimated street value of N4.3 billion. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the containers were intercepted at the Port Harcourt Ports complex, Onne, Rivers on Thursday during a joint examination with officers from the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies.
A total of 168,000 bottles of codeine based syrup worth One Billion One Hundred and Seventy Six Million Naira (N1,176,000,000) only in street value, were recovered from one of the containers. The second one contains Four Million Five Hundred Thousand (4,500,000) pills of super royal tramadol 225mg valued at Three Billion One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N3,150,000,000) only, bringing the combined value of both the codeine and tramadol consignments to Four Billion Three Hundred and Twenty Six Million Naira (N4,326,000,000) only. He added that 64 kilograms of cannabis sativa were also recovered at Akinyele Motor Park, Ibadan, Oyo State, on the same day. According to the statement, not less than 1,200.5 kilograms of the same psychoactive substances were seized during raids by NDLEA officers in parts of Edo State on Thursday. November; while 507kg was seized at a compound in Owan village, Ovia LGA where the duo of David Ojo Ederin, 60, and Afoje Frank, 24, were arrested on Friday 22 November. Another suspect, Godwin Okhoya, 40, was nabbed with 230kg of same substance at Okpuje, Owan West LGA. In Kano, four suspects: Usman Sani, 25; Abdul Mohd, 28; Bunu Ali,27; and Umar Musa, 30, were on Tuesday 19 November arrested by NDLEA operatives at Gadar Tamburawa, Zaria- Kano road, with 100 blocks of cannabis weighing 45kg. In Bauchi State, he said another suspect, Ayuba Umar, aged 55, was nabbed with 124 kilograms of cannabis at Pengana Village, Toro LGA on Tuesday
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