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9.5million Tramadol tablets worth N5bn seized at Lagos airport, Abuja, Edo

As NDLEA records largest cocaine seizure at Port Harcourt airport; arrests 7 drug dealers in Kano

No less than 9.5 million tablets of pharmaceutical opioids: Tramadol and Exol 5 worth over N5billion have been seized at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Edo state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS.

Of the figure, 214 cartons of Tramadol 225 under 10 different brand names, which translate to 9, 219, 400 tablets weighing 6, 384.5kg, with an estimated street value of N4, 609, 700, 000 were transferred on Tuesday 29th March alongside 85 cartons of dried Khat leaves with a total weight of 1, 327.35kg by the Nigerian Customs to the MMIA Command of NDLEA as a symbol of the synergy between the two law enforcement agencies.

In Abuja, about 228,740 tablets and capsules of Tramadol and Exol 5 were intercepted on Friday 1st April at Abaji area of the FCT. The truck conveying the drugs was loaded in Lagos heading to Kano. Though the truck driver escaped into the bush during the search of the vehicle, two of his assistants; Usman Abdulmumini, 23 and Aminu Ahmad, 22, were arrested.

At the Port Harcourt International Airport, PHIA, a Brazilian returnee Nnanna Anayo Michael, 39, was arrested during the inward screening of engers on board Qatar Airline flight QR1433 from Doha to Port Harcourt on Tuesday, 29th March. Nnanna who hails from Ekwusigo, Anambra State was arrested with 73 sachets weighing 8.15 kilograms of cocaine, which is the largest seizure of such at the airport, since it began international flight operations years ago.

During preliminary interview, Nnanna said he departed Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sunday midnight en route Qatar to Port Harcourt. He claimed an unidentified person in Sao Paulo gave him six bed sheets in which the drug was concealed to deliver to another unidentified person at Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa. The 73 cocaine sachets were hidden in 4x1 feet factory sewn colourful bed sheets. Five of the bed sheets contain 12 sachets each, while the sixth bed sheet contains 13 sachets.

An immediate follow up operation led to the arrest of 50-year-old Monday Alaisu, who travelled from Lagos to pick the drug from Nnenna. He was arrested at the airports carpark where he was waiting to receive Nnenna with the latters photograph taken at the Brazilian airport and his international ports Data Page in his hand.

In Oyo state, 17.6kg cannabis was transferred along with a suspect, Ramon Dauda, 40, to the state command of NDLEA by the Oyo/Osun Area Command of Nigerian Customs Service, just as narcotic officers on patrol along Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday 31st March intercepted a consignment of 10kg cannabis and 12.1grams of amphetamine in a commercial bus. A follow up operation in Ilesa, Osun state led to the arrest of the owner of the drug exhibits, Mrs Remi Aluko, 44.

Three drug ts were raided at Wire road, Benin City and Uromi town in Esan Central LGA where 188 pinches of Cocaine and Heroin were recovered with five suspects arrested. In another raid in Okada town, a patent medicine dealer, Harrison Odion was arrested with 70 bottles of codeine based cough syrup; 9,638 Tramadol capsules; 16,843 tablets of Exol-5; 80 tablets of Diazepam and 62 ampules of Diazepam injection. In the same vein, operatives in the state destroyed seven clusters of dry season Cannabis Sativa farms in Okpuje Forest along the banks of River Ose totalling 3.124998 hectares.

At least, seven drug dealers were arrested in raids in parts of Kano with 80 kilograms of codeine and pentazocine injection seized from them. Those picked in Rijiyar Zaki, Brigade, Yan-Kaba, Tudun Wada, Karfi, Ungogo and Nassarawa areas of the state include: Muhammad Adamu; Abba Sani; and Auwalu Muhammad, among others.

While commending the working relationship between NDLEA and other security agencies in the country, Chairman/Chief Executive of the anti-narcotic agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) charged officers and men of the MMIA, PHIA, FCT, Edo, Oyo and Kano Commands not to rest on their oars.

Femi Babafemi
Director, Media & Advocacy
NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja
Sunday 3rd April 2022

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Did l Miss some thing....


Nononoo...two flatynos heads dey there...

There shall be no hidden places for all drugs pushers from all region of Nigeria .

Good...... but why only the one from Kano aren't clear to read from....

Just asking though

Naijanascam:
Good...... but why only the one from Kano aren't clear to read from....

Just asking though

You have to switch your medulla oblongata from normal functioning to the northerners version of understanding their mother tongue .

Abdul05:
Did l Miss some thing....


Nononoo...two flatynos heads dey there...

it's a clear collabo from different regions

Na Dem ndi developers

Only active agency in Nigeria


DEA should come and learn work.

I'm proud of u guys

When afonjas are not raping, mining skulls and killing their people for ritualism, they are exporting drugs and doing thuggery

Cursed sect

Biafra Republic !
The sole reason they wanted Biafra is to have free movement within their republic to do illegal drug business & start their unending competition among themselves.

Omo

NDLEA are doing a great job. How I wish those responsible for fighting terrorism and banditry can be as active and responsive as they are.

If they succeeded, they'd be living large and claiming legit

IPIG Mkpuru mirri cannibals doing what they do best.

Obamaofusa:
Another Osu venture after skull pounding.
Millions running and fleeing Igboland for Yorubaland.
11 million Igbos fleeing to Yorubaland...Umahi.

drag small and calm down

If to say na only Igbo's now. This thread for don full with tribalists quotes..
But na east west north and south. Everybody hide there face. Lol

Drug business is everywhere. Even the mumu wey dey smoke weed for Lagos dey yab person wey carry cocaine. Lol

Ohhhhhh this people again
The richest tribe in Nigeria

Dem swear for Una with drugs haba

Only for naija u go see igbo man with 2by2 small shop dey sell A4 paper but dey drive car of 10million dey build house of 50million for village ..

We need to chase these barbarians from Nigeria..

Wow, more of this on the headlines.

Today is a good day, WAZOBIA, all tribes are dully represented. 95% of Nigerians in Brazil are into illicit drugs, it really bad, quest for quick money.

Omo everyone face show for this one... This is WaZoBia drug dealers...

Nnanna face show...SE
Usman face show...N
Remi too no carry last...SW

No tribalism on this raid...
Each coast has representative even
Ruben from South-South face show...

Na wa o

Abdul05:
Did l Miss some thing....


Nononoo...two flatynos heads dey there...

abdul dan malo ibn almajirai

nobody see you for terrorist thread but here you are