Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a total of 2,118 pills of tramadol concealed in soles of 13 pairs of shoes going to Cyprus.
The agency in its weekly updates on Sunday revealed that its operatives intercepted the items at the export shed of the Lagos airport on October 12.
Twelve days later, the agency said its operatives carried out a follow-up operation at the residence of the sender, Okenwa Uchenna in Enugu State where an additional 380 tablets were recovered.
“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,” the agency said.
Also, operatives on October 24, intercepted a total of 293 ampoules of promethazine and pentazocine injection as well as 1.690kg cannabis and tramadol tablets concealed in hair attachments and soles of shoes.
The consignment, according to the agency, en route to the United States, United Kingdom and Oman were intercepted at three courier firms in Lagos.
In the same vein, a total of 26,250,000 pills of tramadol as well as 508,400 bottles of codeine based syrup worth over N16bn in street value were intercepted by NDLEA operatives.
The operation was executed during a joint examination of watch-listed containers with the Customs Service and other security agencies at the Tincan port in Lagos and Port Harcourt port, Onne, Rivers state between October 22 and 23.
Other illicit consignments intercepted during the inspection of the containers include 10 million tablets of Toradol Benzhexol and 28 plastic drums of methamphetamine weighing 700kg at Tincan and Onne respectively.
56 parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 28kg were also recovered from a container that arrived at the Lagos port from Canada.
NDLEA Intercepts Europe-Bound Drugs In Shoes, Opioids Worth N16.6bn At Seaports is first published on The Whistler Newspaper