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NDLEA Intercepts 2.4m Tramadol Pills In Gombe
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has confiscated at least 2.4 million tramadol pills in Gombe State.
NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi made this known on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi said the NDLEA operatives acting on credible intelligence on September 14, arrested three suspects.
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He said that the suspects were arrested on Bauchi-Gombe road while travelling in a truck marked GME 552 ZU.
“A search of the vehicle led to the seizure of 2,490,000 pills of tramadol concealed with bags of salt,” he said.
In another development, a suspect, Idris Adamu, 23, was arrested with 41.5 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) at Kachia town, Kaduna State on September 10.
“Other two suspects, Godiya Jikuk, 36, and Yusuf Umaru, 65, were arrested at Isinbode -Ekiti, with a total of 73.6 kilogramme cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) on September 11.
“In Bauchi State, no fewer than 208,920 pills of tramadol and Diazepam were seized from a suspect, Chinedu Asadu, 35 on September 13.
“Also, 104 kilogrammes of cannabis were recovered from two suspects — Abba Abdullahi and Mustapha Yahaya on Lagos-Ibadan expressway — on Sept. 10 by operatives in Lagos State,” Babafemi said.
Babafemi also said that not less than 350,000 bottles of Codeine-based syrup were discovered by NDLEA operatives in two containers shipped from India.
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This, he said, was during a joint examination of the containers with men of Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies at the Tincan Port in Lagos on September 10.
“The containers were part of those targeted by NDLEA for 100 per cent examination,” he said.
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