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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted drug trafficking networks in several Nigerian states, including Kano, Kogi, Abia, Lagos, Ogun, and Borno, seizing over 3.1 million opioid pills in a series of operations conducted over the past week.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency spokesperson, Mr. Femi Babafemi, announced these significant seizures in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
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The operations, executed through raids and collaborative efforts with other security agencies, targeted various locations across the country.
In Ogun State on Thursday, Feb. 29, operatives discovered and seized 169kg of cannabis abandoned in a truck at Sagamu tollgate.
In Lagos, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, NDLEA operatives seized 25 cartons of tramadol containing 325,000 pills in Ikeja.
A suspect was apprehended in Kano, where 2,745,000 capsules of pregabalin were recovered from him at Singer market, Sabon Gari. The suspect was handed over to the Kano state command of NDLEA by the Department of State Security Services (DSS).
Collaborative efforts between the 243 Recce Battalion, Nigerian Army, Badagry, and NDLEA led to the transfer of 27 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 1,110kg, recovered at Ajido, a coastal community, to the Seme Special Area Command of NDLEA.
In Borno, NDLEA operatives arrested a suspect with 44,950 pills of tramadol in the Moranti area.
In Abia, a raid on a drug joint at Cemetery Barracks, Aba, resulted in the arrest of a suspect with various quantities of cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. Additional raids at the abandoned Enyimba Hotel, Ogbor Hill, Aba, led to the seizure of illicit substances and the arrest of suspects on Friday, March 1.
During a stop-and-search operation along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway in Kogi, NDLEA officers intercepted a commercial bus marked GRM 347XA (Borno) transporting 28 compressed blocks of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) weighing 11kg.
The officials also confiscated 100 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup and 500 tablets of diazepam concealed in three plastic drums covered with cattle fats. The contraband was destined for Jos, Plateau.
