NDLEA intercepts 599,900 tramadol drugs from Pakistan

The Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) has intercepted about 12 cartons of tramadol 225mg containing 599,900 drugs weighing 385.40kg.

That is contained in a press release by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja.

Mr Babafemi stated the NDLEA operatives on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, January 23, recovered the medication.

He stated the cartons from an overstayed cargo on the Skyway Aviation Dealing with Firm (SAHCO) import shed of the airport have been seized after a joint examination with different businesses.

In response to him, the tramadol consignment had come into the nation in two batches on KLM Royal Dutch Airline flights from Karachi, Pakistan, between July 27 and August 1, 2023.

“They have been, nevertheless, positioned below watch by NDLEA operatives since then,” stated Mr Babafemi.

In the meantime, no less than 822 kilogrammes of hashish sativa hidden in a gas station within the Ashipa group alongside Badagry-Seme street have been recovered by operatives of the Seme Particular Space Command of NDLEA.

Mr Babafemi stated a suspect, Sani Audu, 35, was arrested with 111.3kg of the identical substance at Maigatari city in Jigawa on Tuesday, January 23.

In Yobe, two suspects, Mohammed Usman and Adamu Ma’azu, have been arrested on Saturday, January 27, with 49 blocks of hashish sativa weighing 50kg at Damaturu motor park, Damaturu.

Mr Babafemi stated the duo of Paul Obor, 38, and Dennis Fuokorighe, 48, have been arrested on Wednesday, January 24, at a Navy checkpoint, Itobe, Ofu Native Authorities Space of Kogi, with 318 compressed blocks of Indian hemp.

He stated that the drug, weighing 190.8kg, was hid in a gold color Honda Accord Automotive marked RBC 449AE.

The NDLEA spokesperson added that they have been handed over to the company’s command in Kogi on Friday, January 26, by males of the Nigeria Navy Ship, Lugard, Lokoja.

(NAN)