One million tramadol capsules intercepted in South-East drug raids: NDLEA
A 43-year-old man, Onuoha Friday, has been arrested with one million capsules of Tramadol.
He was arrested on December 10 along theLagos-Benin expresswayby the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday that operatives of the agency also had two major arrests in Anambra, where a total of 238.973 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs were recovered.
He said that the NDLEA operatives intercepted a truck conveying the illicit drugs at the Onitsha head bridge heading to Delta on December 3.
He said that various quantities of codeine, tramadol, diazepam and rohypnol were recovered from the vehicle and its driver, Obinna Obinwa, was arrested.
“Similarly, on December 8, the agency’s patrol team on Onitsha head bridge intercepted another truck going to Delta with different quantities of assorted illicit drugs while the driver, Lucky James, was also arrested.
“In Delta, raids and follow up operations carried out in parts of the state on December 10 led to the arrest of 17-year-old Abdulkarim Shiabu and 23-year-old Lawal Saidu.
“Both are from Niger Republic and four others, with different quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, tramadol and cannabis.
“Others arrested include Precious Oghenegwoke; Loveth Omukoro; Uche Godwin and Uti Harrison,” he said.
Mr Babafemi said that one Adam Salaudeen was also arrested at the Ogori Magongo area in Kogi with 214.7 kilogrammes of Cannabis sativa.
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