Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at three seaports have intercepted large consignments of opioids worth N22,740,958,000.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a press statement on Sunday.
Babafemi said that 32,607,900 pills of tramadol worth over N12,577 billion and 1,451,994 bottles of codeine-based syrup with a street value of N10.163,958 billion were intercepted at the Lekki Deep Seaport, Apapa Seaport in Lagos and Port Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers State.
The combined monetary value of the seized opioids comes to N22.740,958 billion.
The illicit consignments were seized from containers watch listed by NDLEA based on intelligence and processed for 100 percent joint examination with men of the Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies at the three seaports between October 7 and 11, 2024.
In the same vein, NDLEA operatives in Anambra State on October 12, 2024 arrested a suspect, Okelue Chidera, 29, with 50,000 tablets of tramadol 200mg at Upper Iweka, Onitsha.
In Edo State, operatives raided a cannabis transit and loading point at Aviose, Owan West Local Government Area, where 70 bags of the psychoactive substance weighing 1,050kg were recovered, while a suspect Monday Akele, 38, was arrested on October 11 in another raid at Owan Village, Ovia North East LGA, where 110kg of same substance was seized.
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