According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, agents confiscated 2,118 tramadol pills concealed in 13 pairs of shoes at Lagos Airport on October 12, along with an additional 380 pills from the residence of the suspected sender, Okenwa Uchenna, in Enugu. Officers also recovered a Toyota Avalon and N968,880 in cash during Uchenna’s arrest.
Last week, NDLEA operatives, along with Customs and other security agencies, discovered 26.25 million tramadol pills and 508,400 bottles of codeine syrup during an inspection of containers at the Tincan and Onne ports. Other seizures included 10 million tablets of Toradol Benzhexol, 700 kilograms of methamphetamine, and 56 parcels of a potent cannabis strain, “Loud,” which had arrived from Canada.
In further operations, agents raided an Igbo-Igunuko shrine in Ajah, Lagos, recovering 2,760 kilograms of “Ghanaian Loud” cannabis and arresting two suspects. Additionally, officers detained a third suspect along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway with 770 kilograms of the same substance.
Agents also made significant arrests nationwide, including at a residence in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, where a suspect had hidden 11,786 pills of various narcotics in an underground compartment. Other seizures across Plateau, Osun, and Abuja included cannabis, tramadol, and synthetic drugs found concealed in bags of fresh vegetables and other means.
Chairman and CEO of the NDLEA, Brigadier General Buba Marwa (Ret.), praised the agency’s operations and reaffirmed its commitment to both drug supply reduction and public awareness campaigns as part of the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) initiative.
