NDLEA seizes N7bn tramadol at Lagos port, arrests 85-year-old grandmother

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has seized 8,725kg of powdered tramadol worthy implicit N6.98 cardinal astatine the Apapa larboard successful Lagos and arrested an 85-year-old pistillate with 179kg of cannabis successful Edo State.

The bureau besides intercepted cannabis concealed successful a gallon of thenar lipid astatine the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport successful Kano and recovered ample quantities of illicit drugs successful Lagos, Ondo, Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

In a connection connected Sunday, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said the operations, conducted betwixt October 12 and 17, 2026, led to respective arrests and large cause seizures.

At the Apapa port, operatives moving with the Nigeria Customs Service and different agencies uncovered a shipment of powdered tramadol from India connected October 2. The cargo had been declared arsenic maize starch, but laboratory tests confirmed it was tramadol hydrochloride.

When the shipment was separated from its concealment connected October 14, it comprised 349 bags weighing 8,725kg, with an estimated thoroughfare worth of much than N6.98 billion.

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