Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a female passenger, Odia Emiliana Efe at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos on Monday 9th May 2022, while trying to board a Royal Air Moroc flight from Lagos via Casablanca to Milan, Italy with 1000 tablets of Tramadol 200mg.
A statement by Femi Babafemi Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters Abuja Sunday 15th May 2022 reviewed that the drugs were carefully concealed in food items aimed at exporting them to Milan, Italy, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
According to him, the operation also led to the seizure of about 203, 879 tablets of various pharmaceutical opioids and illicit substances across Abia, Kaduna, Yobe, and Kogi states.
“Five days after, Friday 13th May, a freight agent Kareem Ibrahim was arrested at the SAHCO cargo shed of the airport for attempting to export food items in which were hidden blocks of cannabis weighing 6.65kg and 24grams of ecstasy drug, MDMA to Dubai in UAE.
In Abia, three trucks loaded with drugs coming from Lagos and Onitsha, Anambra were intercepted in Aba, Abia state. When properly searched in the presence of the owners on Wednesday 11th May, 67,100 tablets/capsules of Tramadol and 12,650 ampules of pentazocine, morphine, and dopamine were recovered.
On the same day, NDLEA operatives in Kaduna arrest
In Yobe state, no fewer than 7,029 tablets of Tramadol, D5, and Exol as well as 1.5kg cannabis were recovered from a drug dealer, Ibrahim Yakubu when his hideout was raided in Unguru town on Sunday 8th May, while in Rivers state, one Chekiri Richard Obomanu was arrested at Eleme area on Wednesday 11th May with 207.2kg cannabis.
No less than 19,600 tablets of Tramadol coming from Onitsha, Anambra state to Abuja were intercepted and recovered along Okene/Abuja highway on Wednesday 11th May by NDLEA operatives in Kogi state.”
Meanwhile, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers and men for their diligence and professionalism in nabbing drug cartels across the country.