The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made a massive seizure at the Port Harcourt Ports, Onne in Rivers State. They intercepted a whopping 31 million pills of opioids, including Tramadol, and over 338,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup .
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has been busy lately, making some huge seizures of illicit drugs. Recently, they intercepted over 13 million pills of opioids and 338,253 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup worth over N9 billion in street value . These opioids were hidden in three containers coming from India and were discovered during a joint examination with Nigerian Customs and other port stakeholders on October 3 and 4, 2024.
Additionally, NDLEA operatives at the Tincan seaport in Lagos seized 100 parcels of Canadian Loud weighing 50kg on October 3. This consignment was cleverly concealed in a container with four imported vehicles from Canada, but the NDLEA was able to track it down to a warehouse in Ikorodu.
A suspect, Abubakar Ibrahim, has been taken into custody in connection with the seizure. And in another incident, a 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for importing a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis.
Adrienne Munju, a 41-year-old Canadian lady, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on October 3, 2024. She was caught during the inward clearance of passengers on a KLM airline flight from Canada at terminal 1 .
When NDLEA operatives searched her three bags, they found 74 parcels of ‘Canadian Loud’, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis, weighing 35.20 kilograms stuffed in two of her bags . Munju claimed she was recruited online to traffic the consignment for 10,000 Canadian dollars, which she needed to fund her master’s degree program in Canada .
She said she took the offer because she needed the money to pay for her ongoing master’s degree programme in Canada.
In Taraba, NDLEA officers on October 3, intercepted a commercial bus marked JAL 198 YQ coming from Onitsha, Anambra State to Jalingo.
“Large quantities of opioids: tramadol, rohypnol and codeine-based syrup concealed in body compartments of the vehicle were recovered when it was searched, while two suspects: Pako Thomas and Emmanuel Anyigor were arrested.
Another suspect, Chibuzor Okafor was arrested at Wukari on October 2, with 80 blocks of cannabis weighing 38kg hidden in bags of garri.
“In Lagos, a suspect Bolanle Ajenifuja was on October 4, arrested at Afo – Media area of Ojo, where 700 litres of skuchies, a mixture of local chapman and cocktail of illicit drugs were recovered from her.
“Three suspects: Ezekiel Akpele; Elijah Michael; and Goddard John, were nabbed same day when NDLEA operatives raided two cannabis farms located at bridge camp, a boundary community between Edo and Ondo states.
