The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has Intercepted a total of 26,250,000 pills of tramadol as well as 508,400 bottles of codeine-based syrup were intercepted by the NDLEA operatives at the Tincan port, Lagos and Port Harcourt, Port Onne, Rivers state.
A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja stated that the drugs intercepted by NDLEA operatives were worth N16.6bn in street value.
He said that they were recovered during a 100 percent joint examination of watch-listed containers with men of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies between Tuesday, Oct. 22 and Wednesday, Oct. 23.
“Other illicit consignments intercepted during the joint inspection of the containers include 10 million tablets of Toradol Benzhexol and 28 plastic drums of methamphetamine weighing 700 kg at Tincan and Onne respectively.
“56 parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 28 kg were also recovered from a container that arrived at the Lagos port from Canada.
“A suspect, Tsolaye Eburajolo, 40, was arrested at Ago Palace area of Okota Lagos in connection with the cannabis seizure while a bribe of N10m paid NDLEA officers to free the suspect has been kept as part of the exhibits for the prosecution of the case,” he said.
