NDLEA recovers 1.5m South Africa-bound Tramadol, Rohypnol pills at Lagos airport

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has recovered 1.5 million pills of tramadol and Rohypnol bound for South Africa at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.

NDLEA also arrested two suspects, Bada Akorede, and Amusan Sharafadeen, in connection with the consignment, which contained 1,050,000 pills of tramadol and 510,000 tablets of Rohypnol.

Operatives of the agency also intercepted a consignment of cocaine weighing 2.2kg on the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway.

NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed these in a statement
on Sunday in Abuja.

According to the statement, the drug shipment originating from Lagos was concealed in condoms and headed for Port Harcourt.

The Agency said a suspect, 45-year-old Isaac Okoh, has been arrested in connection with the drugs.

The NDLEA also recovered 100kg Indian hemp from the ceiling of a dealer, Ibrahim Yahaya (35), who was arrested when his house was raided in Lafia on Friday in Lagos.

Babafemi added that NDLEA operatives intercepted 1,496 bottles of codeine in Abuja on Friday and a suspect, Ozioma Enoja (31), arrested in a follow-up operation.

He added that 400 bottles of codeine shipped from Port Harcourt were also seized on the Abaji-Abuja Highway on Saturday and a suspect, Bala Ishaq, was arrested in a follow-up operation.

NDLEA operatives also recovered 17 bags of Indian hemp weighing 195.8kg from a bush at Gbanke village in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo on December 13, he stated.

Babafemi stated also that anti-narcotic officers in Ogun arrested two suspects at Alamutu Roundabout area of Abeokuta with bags of Indian hemp weighing 279kg.

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