Amidst vacation celebrations, the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) intervened to stop the inflow of illicit medication into Nigerian communities forward of Christmas.
The company efficiently intercepted shipments containing a staggering 7.5 million tramadol and codeine tablets. These drug objects, which included thousands and thousands of tramadol 225mg tablets, 1000’s of codeine syrup bottles, and baggage of Canadian Loud, arrived onboard Turkish Airways with out a clear nation of manufacture or origin.
Information Company of Nigeria which first reported the information acknowledged that Femi Babafemi, the Media and Advocacy consultant of NDLEA, disclosed this data in a press release from Abuja on a Sunday.
The interception passed off on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, the place the shipments have been being trafficked by the Nigerian Aviation Dealing with Firm Plc (NAHCO) import shed. Officers, in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs and different stakeholders, efficiently intercepted the consignment on Friday, December 22.
What he mentioned
- “Aside from being the primary time such cargo can be seized on the airline’s flight, it was equally the primary of such coming from Hamburg, Germany.
- “The 7.5 million tramadol 225mg tablets have been additionally specifically designed and packaged as tamol-x hid in 100 massive cartons weighing 7,150kg, which arrived within the nation on Dec.11 and have been positioned underneath surveillance till final Friday.
- “Preliminary check of the tablets proved optimistic to tramadol hydrochloride,” the spokesman mentioned.
What you must know
In a parallel operation, NDLEA operatives from the Lagos command searched two outlets recognized as Chex Mat International Hyperlink Restricted on the Commerce Honest advanced in Ojo, Lagos, on Wednesday, December 20.
- In accordance with Femi Babafemi, the spokesperson, the operation resulted within the restoration of 258 cartons containing codeine-based cough syrup and eight cartons of codeine tablets.
- The seized cartons comprised 49,200 bottles of codeine syrup and 46,200 tablets of the identical opioid.
- Persevering with their efforts, NDLEA operatives carried out a raid on a residence in Mushin, Lagos, on Thursday, December 21.
- Throughout this operation, a 70-year-old grandmother, Selifat Cole, and her son, Babajide Cole, have been apprehended in possession of 117.9kg of hashish sativa.
