NDLEA arrests suspects after intercepting drugs at Apapa Port
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Suspects have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over its interception at Apapa Port of 2,750,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650 kilogrammes valued at N1.375 billion on the street.
The NDLEA said the consignment, packed in 55 cartons of tapentadol and carisoprodol types of Tramadol, was seized during examination of a container following intelligence.
The seizure comes just days after the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) confiscated Tramadol worth N16 billion within five weeks alone.
It also comes a week after NDLEA officers arrested five suspects at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja who wanted to airlift various psychoactive substances to London, United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates.
NDLEA Media Director Femi Babafemi recounted in a statement that “On Monday, a Dubai, UAE-bound passenger, one Ms Ebhodaghei Osenemeshen, was intercepted during the outward clearance of travellers on Rwanda Air via Kigali to Dubai.
“Discovered in her luggage were sachets of Tramadol 225mg concealed inside garri, a cassava product packed among other foodstuffs.
“She, however, claimed that the bag was given to her by someone who she passed the night [with] in his house before coming to the airport to help deliver it to another person in Dubai.
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NDLEA intercepts 50 blocks of cannabis
“The following day, Tuesday, July 26, a total of 50 blocks of cannabis sativa with a total weight of 27.1kg concealed inside a large quantity of crayfish going to London, UK, as part of a consolidated cargo were seized at the SAHCO export shed,” Babafemi added, per The Nation.
“The same day, a Dubai-bound female passenger, Rachel Emebradu, was arrested with 1.8kg cannabis packed inside bitter leaf in her luggage while attempting to board a Rwandan Air flight to UAE, via Kigali.
“The mother of one, who hails from Oghara in the Ethiope West LGA of Delta State, said she was into selling men’s wear before she decided to travel to Dubai to expand her clothing business.
“She claimed her ex-boyfriend that lives in Dubai requested her to bring the bag containing the illicit substance along with foodstuffs.”