NDLEA SEIZE 1.9 MILLION NAIRA OF HARD DRUGS

NDLEA SIZE 1.9 MILLION HARD DRUGS 

By Monsurat Fanimokun 

 24th March, 2022

The National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized over 1.9 million tablets of Tramadol and Codeine imported into the country from Pakistan and United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The spokesman of NDLEA Femi Babafemi said in a statement yesterday that 40 cartons of Co-Codamol, a brand of paracetamol with Codeine, which is classified as Opioid, were seized from a freight agent.

Babafemi said 349,800 tablets of the drug weighing 336kg came in from London as a consolidated cargo through the SAHCO Import Shed of the airport. He said the cargo was declared as personal effects .

He said, no less than 1,584,000 tablets of Tramadol were recovered on March 15 by NDLEA operatives in collaboration with Aviation Security (AVSEC) and Customs personnel at the airport.

The seizure included 17 cartons of 250mg Tramadol branded as “Tamra” weighing 669.70kg, and five cartons of 225mg Tramadol under the brand name “Royal” with a gross weight of 217.15kg.

Babafemi said the Agency arrested  a 50-year-old, who is allegedly one of the kingpins behind the attempt to smuggle 11.93kg of Cocaine to Accra, Ghana through the Seme land border, Lagos.

All  those involved have so far been arrested in connection with the seizure.

Source.; 

THE NATION.