The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has seized a total of 338,200 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth more than N1.1billion in street value.
NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi said the seizures were made between Thursday and Friday at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers.
He said that the drugs were intercepted in two containers watch-listed by the agency following processed intelligence.
Babafemi said that the illicit consignments were discovered during joint examination of the containers by NDLEA’s operatives, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies.
