Police detectives in Apapa Area Command of Lagos State have intercepted a 40-foot container laden with drugs suspected to be tramadol and codeine.
A team of officers from Customs and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency joined the Area B Commander, Olasoji Akinbayo, an Assistant Commissioner of Police on Thursday for inspection.
The Area B Commander has recently intercepted similar illicit imports and has transferred the case and two suspects to NDLEA for prosecution. The latest intercepted container is expected to also be handed over to appropriate authorities for further investigation and prosecution. On Tuesday, the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno had noted that drug trafficking was one of the vices fueling insecurity across the country.
Drug addiction and trafficking were one of the major issues the Federal Executive Council, chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, deliberated on at its last National security meeting, according to Monguno.He noted that 17 methamphetamine laboratories were recently shut down in the country and called for a general national approach to ending the drug menace.
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