National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives have intercepted drug consignments concealed in the compartments of a car, seizing a total of 426,888 pills of tramadol and other illicit substances in Adamawa and Bauchi states, respectively.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi announced this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi revealed that in Adamawa, on Wednesday, March 13, two wanted suspects, Ajim Samuel (alias Boss), aged 30, and Davidson Joshua (alias Dantala), aged 36, were apprehended. The suspects were intercepted on their way from Onitsha, Anambra, where they had procured a consignment of tramadol containing 14,428 pills of the opioid.
According to Babafemi, the drugs were discreetly stashed in the compartments of their black Honda Civic car, identified by the registration YLA 623 SL.
“They were nabbed along Numan-Jalingo Road. Also recovered from them were 21 grams of cannabis and monetary exhibits totalling N19,280,” he said.
Meanwhile, In Osun State, a commercial bus driver, Adegoke Ogunleye, 49, was arrested along Gbongan-Ibadan Road after NDLEA operatives discovered 2,000 capsules of tramadol.
Babafemi said the NDLEA operatives also recovered 60 tablets of Rohypnol and 10 bottles of codeine syrup concealed in the spare tyre compartment of his vehicle.
Also, 343,000 pills of opioids were seized by NDLEA officers from a suspect, Lawan Abubakar, 33, in Azare town, Katagum, Bauchi State, on Friday, March 15.
Babafemi said the Nigerian Army transferred a suspect, Muhammadu Rabi’u, 37, with 64,000 pills of tramadol recovered from him to the Bauchi State command of NDLEA the same day.
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