NDLEA intercepts ‘terror drug’ captagon in Kwara as bizman excretes 45 cocaine wraps

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, connected Sunday said its operatives person intercepted a consignment of an amphetamine-based drug, Captagon, successful Kwara State.

Captagon, a highly addictive stimulant commonly utilized successful the Middle East, is known for inducing prolonged wakefulness, euphoria and reduced fear.

Authorities accidental it is often linked to transgression networks and insurgent groups.

NDLEA said the interception followed an earlier bust astatine the Apapa seaport successful Lagos.

This was made known successful a connection issued by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

The connection said operatives connected patrol on Bode Saadu Road connected April 21, 2026, intercepted a passenger, Nasiru Mu’azu, 33, successful a trailer.

According to the statement, a hunt led to the betterment of 10 packs of Captagon comprising 10,000 pills, arsenic good arsenic 9 packets of Tapentadol 250mg.

In a abstracted cognition astatine the aforesaid patrol constituent connected April 24, NDLEA operatives intercepted different trailer and recovered 155,900 capsules of tramadol, 6,000 ampoules of tramadol injection, 3,000 tablets of co-codamol and 9,000 tablets of bromazepam concealed successful a mendacious compartment. A suspect, Aminu Isah, 24, was arrested.

In Oyo State, NDLEA officers intercepted a commercialized autobus on the Ibadan/Oyo Expressway connected April 21. A passenger, Eze...