Report has it that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) , has seized millions of illicit drugs worth N5 billion at a warehouse in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos state.
According to Femi Babafemi, the agency’s spokesperson, in a statement on Sunday, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend busted another Tramadol cartel in Lagos with the seizure of millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over Five Billion Naira from their warehouse in Amuwo Odofin area of the state and arrested two of the kingpins.
He said that the drug cartels took the first heat on Tuesday, 10th January, from determined officers of the agency who intercepted an imported consignment of Loud, a strong variant of cannabis, weighing 4,878.72 kilograms along Awolowo road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
That was followed by the seizure of 121,630 pills of pharmaceutical opioids and some quantity of Molly from a dealer, Charles Okeke, on Wednesday, 11th January, at Idumota area of Lagos Island.
He said that another effort by the agency to bring the drug cartels to their knees paid off on Friday, 13th January, when operatives tracked and located a major warehouse for pharmaceutical opioids at 17, Sir Ben Onyeka Street, off Ago palace way, in the Amuwo Odofin area of the state, while the owner of the store, Aloysius Okeke was arrested.
Operatives of the agency made other arrests across the country, leading to recovery of millions of pills of tramadol.
Buba Marwa, NDLEA chairperson, encouraged officers across the country to sustain the efforts to effectively tackle drug abuse and trafficking in the country.
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