Abuja: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered over 7.6 million pills of tramadol and a total of 76,273.4 kilograms of different strains of cannabis.
The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi said that the drugs, including Colorado, Loud and Skunks, had several members of drug trafficking organisations linked to the seizures arrested.
He said that out of the total opioids seized during the raids, not less than 3,874,000 pills of tramadol, 225mg and 100mg, and others, as well as 252.2litres of codeine syrup were recovered.
He said they were recovered from a warehouse at Oko Market, Asaba, Delta, on Saturday.
He also said that no fewer than 1.2 million tablets of tramadol 225mg were seized from a suspect on Dec. 3.
This, he said, was when NDLEA operatives on patrol at Orogwe, along the Onitsha-Owerri road in Imo, intercepted his vehicle conveying the consignment, which was loaded at Aba, Abia, and was heading to Onitsha, Anambra.
Meanwhile, in Adamawa state, NDLEA officers on Dec. 1 intercepted a Toyota Hiace bus marked MGU 554 XB along Maraba-Mubi, coming from Jos, Plateau state, and heading to Mubi, with a total of 1,577,112 capsules of tramadol.
“Other drugs intercepted were Exol-5 tablets, all concealed inside jumbo bags mixed with new rubber sandals and slippers.
“Two suspects were arrested in connection with the seizure.
“Similarly, another 27-year-old suspect was nabbed along Zaria-Kano road, Kano state, with 197,000 pills of exol-5,” he said.
Babafemi quoted the NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa commended the officers and men of SOU, Delta, Adamawa, Imo, Ondo, Lagos, Kano, and the Commands of the agency for the arrests and seizures.
Marwa said that their operational successes, along with those of their compatriots across the country, especially their balanced approach to drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction, were well appreciated.