The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 8,725 kilogrammes of powdered tramadol price greater than N6.98 billion at the Apapa port in Lagos, after discovering {that a} shipment from India, declared as maize starch, contained the managed drug.
In an announcement shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday by the company’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the consignment comprised 349 baggage, which laboratory evaluation confirmed contained tramadol hydrochloride.
Mr Babafemi said that at the Tincan port, officers additionally seized 55 kilogrammes of Canadian Loud, a pressure of hashish valued at N165 million. The substance was hid in a Toyota Sienna inside a 40-foot container.
Arrests in Lagos
In Lagos, NDLEA operatives raided a retailer in Idumota and arrested Elizabeth Chidera Kalu. They recovered 10,600 ampoules of diazepam and 6,500 tablets of Molly, in keeping with the company.
Two males have been arrested in separate operations in Mushin. Idowu Daudu, 35, was discovered with 59.95 kilogrammes of hashish, whereas Ahmed Oniyinde, 35, had 61.23 kilogrammes.
Officers additionally intercepted a truck travelling from the Trade Fair market alongside the Iyana Oba axis. A search revealed 18,000 tablets of 250mg tramadol hidden in cartons labelled as Rambo insecticide.
The company recognized the suspects as Tajudeen Adeduntan, a loading supervisor, and his assistant, Azeez Sikiru.
85-year-old girl amongst suspects arrested in Edo
In Edo State, six suspects have been arrested throughout raids carried out between 15 and 16 October in Warake, Ivhiaro, Ewe and Irue communities in Owan East Local Government Area.
Grace Ehimeka, 85, was discovered with 179 kilogrammes of hashish, whereas Ayo Aigberadion, 53, had 220.8 kilogrammes.
The different suspects have been Ali Garba, 57, who was discovered with 5.852 kilogrammes of hashish; Habib Braimoh, 45, with 100 grammes; Musa Mubid, 35, with two kilogrammes of hashish, seeds, tramadol, Swinol and diazepam; and Hope Okoro, 35, with 237 grammes of Loud.
Ms Ehimeka’s arrest comes weeks after PREMIUM TIMES reported the rearrest of one other aged girl, Uloma Sunday, 83, in Abia State.
Ms Sunday was arrested on 7 October, months after she and her daughter, Chisom Uchechi, 32, have been convicted in a drug-related case.
The pair have been arrested in May 2025 after officers recovered 50 grammes of methamphetamine, 522 grammes of hashish, 260 grammes of recent hashish leaves and 12 grammes of tramadol. They pleaded responsible and have been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment or a positive of N200,000 every. Both paid their fines and have been launched.
During her newest arrest, Ms Sunday was allegedly discovered with methamphetamine and Colorado, an artificial cannabinoid, hid round her waist in a wrapper.
The NDLEA stated intelligence experiences indicated that she operated a drug joint the place felony suspects gathered and terrorised residents. The company didn’t state whether or not she had been charged over the newest seizure.
The instances involving Ms Sunday and Ms Ehimeka are separate. The company has not linked the 2 girls.
NDLEA destroys hashish farm in Ondo
In Ondo State, officers destroyed a hashish farm protecting three hectares within the Okemoro Isinbode camp forest on 17 October. The crops have been estimated to weigh 7,500 kilogrammes.
Five suspects have been arrested in the course of the operation: Asikpo Ekpeyoung, 43; Solomon Okpani, 22; Ubong Friday, 35; Joseph Friday, 22; and Ekenimi Seth, 35.
Officers additionally recovered 92 baggage of hashish weighing 1,267 kilogrammes, 11 kilogrammes of hashish seeds and three kilogrammes of recent hashish stems. The recovered displays weighed 1,281 kilogrammes, separate from the crops destroyed at the farm.
In one other operation, officers arrested Okunebe Ndidi, 53, within the Ameyinti space of Owo on 16 October. They recovered 25 baggage of hashish weighing 375 kilogrammes.
Seizures in Bauchi and Kano
In Bauchi State, officers intercepted Shamsu Garba, 35, at Ragwam village in Katagum Local Government Area on 14 October. He was travelling in a Volkswagen Golf wagon carrying 894,800 capsules, recognized by the company as tramadol capsules and Exol-5 tablets.
On the identical day, officers recovered 291 blocks of hashish weighing 265 kilogrammes from an deserted car at Tudun Natsira, alongside the Bauchi-Gombe street.
In Kano State, Ali Abdullahi, 38, and Ibrahim Adamu, 23, have been arrested alongside the Zaria-Kano street on 13 October with 30,100 tablets of tramadol, 225mg.
A day later, officers arrested Murtala Dayyabu, 54, on Niger Street within the Malan Kato space with 100,000 tablets of Exol-5.
At the airport, a 16-year-old passenger, Fatimah Ahmad, was arrested on 16 October whereas making ready to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Jeddah by way of Addis Ababa.
The company famous that she was carrying 511.75 grammes of hashish hid in a gallon of palm oil.
Ms Ahmad reportedly informed officers that her cousin, Abubakar Yahaya, had given her the substance. He was subsequently arrested at the airport automotive park.
Further arrests in Kaduna and Abuja
In Kaduna State, officers arrested Mohammed Sani, 48; Zaharadeen Shafiu, 29; and Yakubu Abdullahi, 20, throughout a raid in Kayimi village. They recovered 496.5 kilogrammes of hashish.
At Food Palace on Ali Akilu Road, officers arrested John Ayo David, 39, with 49,500 tablets of tramadol, 225mg.
In Abuja, Odo Jonas Ejike, 42, was arrested in Utako on 17 October with 29,500 tramadol capsules, the company stated.
NDLEA holds anti-drug consciousness campaigns
The company additionally held consciousness programmes underneath its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) marketing campaign at colleges and different establishments in a number of states.
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The actions occurred at Nawar-Ur-Deen High School in Ogboro, Oyo State; Elf Junior Secondary School in Bojude, Gombe State; Cherubim and Seraphim Primary School in Ikorodu, Lagos State; Harmony Secondary School in Lokoja, Kogi State; and Government Secondary School in Ikot Ansa, Calabar, Cross River State.
Other periods have been held at Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology in Port Harcourt, Mesh International School in Benin City, Edo State, and Abu Hanifa Academy in Kano Municipal.
NDLEA chairman Buba Marwa counseled officers concerned within the operations, together with personnel at the Apapa and Tincan ports, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, and the company’s instructions in Lagos, Edo, Bauchi, Ondo, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory.
He urged them to maintain efforts towards drug trafficking and abuse.
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