The NDLEA seizes drugs destined for the United States, Thailand and Canada in Lagos

 

Agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled attempts by some suspected drug traffickers to export consignments of Tramadol pills, Co-codamol tablets, Pentazocine tablets, Dihydrocodeine and Promethazine through some couriers to the United States. , United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Thailand and Oman.

While 2.3 kg of liquid hidden in a carton went to Thailand, 749 grams of tramadol hidden in the soles of locally produced footwear went to Oman, while 60 vials of injectable pentazocine went to the United States.

200 co-codamol pills were destined for Australia, while a total of 700 tablets of dihydrocodeine, promethazine and tramadol as well as 20 vials of injectable pentazocine hidden in the soles of footwear were headed to the UK.

In Canada there were 58 vials of injectable pentazocine hidden in women’s clothing.

NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, September 29, 2024.

Babafemi said all the seizures at the houses of the couriers were carried out between Monday, September 23 and Tuesday, September 24, in Lagos State.

He added that operatives of the NDLEA, on Wednesday, September 25, arrested a wanted drug kingpin, Ajiboye Damilare Samuel, popularly known as Na God, after he evaded arrest for 12 months following the raid on his warehouse in Akala, in Mushin area of ​​Lagos, where a total of 1,101 kilograms of Ghana Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, was recovered on September 4, 2023.

Babafemi said the arrest of Ajiboye at a bank in Ogun State followed well-coordinated efforts by the NDLEA’s Directorate of Assets and Financial Investigations, which he said traced 20 bank accounts linked to the suspect and blocked them.

The NDLEA spokesperson revealed that anti-narcotics officers, on Friday, September 27, arrested a wanted community leader and Sarkin Yamma of Badagry, Bashir Mohammed Talba, following the arrest of his two wives and son, as well as the seizure of a total of 226.2 kg of cannabis in their homes in Badagry on 18 September.

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