NDLEA intercepts 3 trailer loads of opioids, seizes 3.5m pills, 344,000 codeine bottles

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted three trailer loads of opioids at Abule Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted three trailer loads of opioids at Abule Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

He said the multi-billion naira consignments were loaded into two 40-ft container trucks and another 20-ft truck at the AML bonded terminal, Abule-Osun, near the International Trade Fair complex. In the same vein, NDLEA operatives on Tuesday, May 7, arrested a suspect, Nwankwo Ejike, in Coker area of Lagos.

Babafemi said that the drugs which were being taken across the border to Garua, Cameroon, was seized by NDLEA officers on Monday, May 6, on the Mubi-Yola road, Adamawa state.Seedling to Sequoia: SME Scale-Up Partners With SBC, Zenith Bank, Others To Grow Small Businesses In Nigeria Babafemi said that an additional 188kg of the same psychoactive substance was recovered and a suspect, Itah Nyong, was arrested during the overnight operation.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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