Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have busted a syndicate exporting consignments of opioids concealed in soles of shoes and hair attachments heading to the United States, United Kingdom and Cyprus, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja and three courier companies in Lagos state.
A cash of N968,880 and a Toyota Avalon car marked UWN 389 AS, were also recovered from the suspect at the time of his arrest.
“Not less than 293 ampoules of promethazine and pentazocine injection as well as 1.690kg cannabis and tramadol tablets concealed in hair attachments and soles of shoes going to the United States, United Kingdom and Oman were intercepted at three courier firms by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, in Lagos on Thursday 24th October.
“In the same vein, a total of twenty-six million, two hundred and fifty thousand (26,250,000) pills of tramadol as well as five hundred and eight thousand four hundred (508,400) bottles of codeine-based syrup worth sixteen billion, six hundred and eighty-three million, eight hundred thousand naira (N16, 683, 800,000) in street value were intercepted by NDLEA operatives.
“The interception was done during 100 percent joint examination of watch-listed containers with men of Customs Service and other security agencies at the Tin-Can port in Lagos and Port Harcourt Port, Onne, Rivers state between Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd October.
“Other illicit consignments intercepted during the joint inspection of the containers include 10 million tablets of Toradol Benzhexol and 28 plastic drums of methamphetamine weighing 700kg at Tincan and Onne respectively, while 56 parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 28kg were also recovered from a container that arrived the Lagos port from Canada.
A suspect, Tsolaye Eburajolo, 40, was arrested at Ago Palace area of Okota Lagos in connection with the cannabis seizure while a bribe of N10 million paid to NDLEA officers to free the suspect has been kept as part of the exhibits for the prosecution of the case”.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives in Lagos on Friday 25th October raided the Igbo-Igunuko shrine, located at the Alfa Beach, Ajah, where jumbo bags of Ghanaian Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 2,760kg were recovered and two suspects: Gbenga Abiodun and Sunday Abiodun arrested.
Another suspect, Ademola Oyelakin was also arrested the same day with 770kg of the same psychoactive substance along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
A total of 11,786 pills of tramadol, molly, Rohypnol, and diazepam as well as 64 bottles of codeine syrup were recovered from the underground storage a suspect, Muhammad Warnos Abdullahi dug in his bedroom at Marwa Coastal road, Lekki Phase 1 Lagos when NDLEA officers raided his home on Friday 25th October.
The suspect dug the illicit drug storage deep in his room, covered it with padlocked iron slate, a rug and then put his mattress on top to avoid detection.
In Plateau, a suspect Fadan Bindom, 39, was arrested at Pilgani village in possession of 65.85kg cannabis and 18 grams of tramadol, while another suspect Sunday Agbata, 42, was nabbed at Pavwei – Rayfield Jos South LGA with 5,830 tablets and ampoules of bromazepam, diazepam and pentazocine injection on Wednesday 23rd October.
A major distributor of illicit drugs in FCT Abuja, Umar Muhammed, 40, was on Monday 21st October nabbed following the earlier seizure of a consignment of 198.5kg cannabis linked to him at Wuse market park.
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