NDLEA confiscates 190,960 tramadol pills and detains four people in Onitsha

NDLEA In the Keffi trans-border narcotics sweep, the NDLEA confiscates 190,960 tramadol pills and detains four people in Onitsha. 
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According to Anthonia Obokoh A minute ago According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), its agents have apprehended four alleged members of a trans-border drug trafficking syndicate and seized 190,960 tramadol pills. Before starting a concerted operation, the FBI revealed that its Directorate of Intelligence had been monitoring the cartel for weeks. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the bust operations resulted in the discovery of tramadol pills worth millions of naira that were hidden in the bumper and false bottom of Sienna buses that were travelling to border towns. AssociatedNarratives Petrol: Fuel marketers demand higher profit margins Owners of fuel tankers will lose N300 billion due to the proposed truck ban.  NARTO February 16, 2025 Group demands probe into alleged N7.7 billion misappropriation at Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board Group demands probe into alleged N7.7 billion misappropriation at Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board February 16, 2025 Arrests in Keffi and Onitsha He said that following weeks of intelligence gathering and surveillance by operatives of the Directorate of Intelligence in NDLEA, a Sienna bus with registration number ABJ 452 HG was intercepted along the Nasarawa-Toto road in Keffi, Nasarawa State, at about 6 a.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2025. "Two suspects, Zahradeen Adamu, 27, and Abubakar Usman, 44, were arrested in the vehicle, which was coming from Onitsha, Anambra State, and heading to Yola, Adamawa State," he said. "A second Sienna bus, driven by 48-year-old Abba Usman, was also intercepted." News continues after this ad According to him, a thorough search of the two vehicles led to the discovery of specially constructed steel compartments concealed behind the back bumper and in the space meant for the spare tyre.

 "A total of 190,960 pills of tramadol were hidden in these compartments," he said. Further investigations, he added, revealed that the consignment of tramadol was supplied by an Onitsha-based dealer identified as Kingsley Mbaeri. News continues after this ad "Acting swiftly on this intelligence, NDLEA operatives carried out a follow-up operation and arrested Mbaeri at his residence on Uga Street, Onitsha, on January 29," Babafemi stated. He noted that during the raid, two vehicles—a Toyota Corolla with registration number FGG 948 MF and a Toyota Sienna bus marked GWA 23 HH—were recovered from Mbaeri's house. Abuja operations Babafemi also revealed that in another interdiction operation, NDLEA operatives from the Intelligence Department intercepted a commercial bus coming from Onitsha, Anambra State, at the Abaji checkpoint in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on February 4. 
"A passenger in the bus, 32-year-old Chimezie Henry Ojingwa, who was carrying motor spare parts in a black bag, was arrested," he said. "Upon searching his bag, officers recovered 404.47 grams of methamphetamine, 506.49 grams of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, and 262.32 grams of dimethyl sulfone, a precursor substance used for mixing meth. The drugs were carefully concealed within the motor parts." Other major seizures included: Cross River State: 170,000 tramadol pills intercepted from a truck on Ogoja-Abakaliki road on February 13. Lagos: 85,400 bottles of codeine-based syrup were recovered from a container imported from India at Apapa port on February 11. 
Borno State: Two suspects were arrested with 60 compressed blocks of skunk weighing 72kg on February 14. Ekiti State:.On February 11, three individuals were taken into custody at a well-known drug store in Ikole-Ekiti while carrying 83 kg of skunk. Lagos: On February 15, 28-year-old Samiat Olabisi Yussuf was taken into custody at her Lekki residence in possession of 111 grams of Loud and 169.5 litres of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. Taraba State: Solomon James, 40, and Ibrahim Usman, 40, were taken into custody with 132.84 kg of Ghana Loud and Arizona Loud. Sensitization lectures were held around the country in schools, businesses, and places of worship as part of the NDLEA's War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) program. Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), the chairman of the NDLEA, praised the officers who made the most recent arrests and seizures and urged them to step up their efforts to fight drug trafficking nationwide.

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