The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted illicit drugs worth over N3.4 billion and uncovered 942 explosives in a nationwide crackdown on organized crime.
This was made known in a statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi on Sunday.
According to the statement, a joint operation on April 29 at Onne Port, Rivers State, led to the seizure of two million pills of tramadol and 163,000 bottles of codeine.
In Lagos, 1.5 million pills of opioids were recovered at Alaba-Rago. In Kaduna, 942 explosives were found hidden in a commercial vehicle.
On May 2, a businessman was nabbed trying to smuggle 8,000 tramadol pills to Italy. After a 10-month probe, Dominic Obijiaku was arrested over a July 2024 shipment of 2.6 million tramadol pills.
Seizures also occurred in Kano, Edo, Anambra, and Niger.
