NDLEA intercepts heroin at airport, seize 8.3million Tramadol caps and 56,782 bottles of Codeine in Lagos
Desperate bids by drug cartels to push out millions of illicit drug
tablets across Lagos and other parts of the country for the festive
season have been frustrated by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,
NDLEA, with the seizure of 8,381,600 capsules and tablets of Tramadol
as well as 56,782 bottles of codeine among others in major raids in
Lagos state.
Ahead of Christmas, the Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed
Buba Marwa (Retd) had ordered a sustained surveillance on some targets
at Satellite town and Alaba Rago areas of Lagos.
The Satellite town
target was eventually raided on Thursday, 23rd of December, when the drug
kingpin, Ezekiel Ibe was arrested and over five tons of high milligrams
Tramadol; 225mg and 100mg recovered from his warehouse.
A breakdown of
the seized drug shows 7,991,600 Tramadol tablets and 390,000 capsules of
same weighing 5,468.894 kilograms.
