National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the interception of illicit drugs worth an estimated N16.6 billion in street value during coordinated operations at Lagos and Port Harcourt ports.
The NDLEA disclosed that these operations were carried out in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies, who joined NDLEA officers for a comprehensive examination of containers flagged for inspection at both ports.
According to a statement by the agency, “ 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 during 100 per cent joint examination of watch-listed containers with men of Customs Service and other security agencies at the Tincan port in Lagos and Port Harcourt port, Onne, Rivers state”
This large-scale bust included consignments of tramadol, codeine-based syrups, and cannabis products, concealed within container shipments flagged for suspicious content.
