NDLEA Seizes 2.4 Million Tramadol Pills In Gombe

NDLEA Seizes 2.4 Million Tramadol Pills In Gombe

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have confiscated 2.4 million tramadol pills in Gombe State. The announcement was made by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, in Abuja on Sunday.

The seizure took place on September 14 during an operation on the Bauchi-Gombe road. Three suspects were arrested while traveling in a truck marked GME 552 ZU. The tramadol pills were found hidden in bags of salt.

In a separate operation on September 10 in Kaduna State, a suspect named Idris Adamu, 23, was apprehended in Kachia town with 41.5 kilograms of cannabis sativa. The following day, two more suspects, Godiya Jikuk, 36, and Yusuf Umaru, 65, were arrested in Isinbode-Ekiti with 73.6 kilograms of cannabis.

Further operations in Bauchi State led to the seizure of 208,920 pills of tramadol and diazepam from a suspect, Chinedu Asadu, 35, on September 13. Additionally, on September 10, NDLEA operatives intercepted 104 kilograms of cannabis from two suspects on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

In another significant operation, Babafemi revealed that 350,000 bottles of Codeine-based syrup were discovered in two containers shipped from India. This operation, conducted in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies at the Tincan Port in Lagos, took place on September 10. The containers had been flagged for thorough examination, leading to the discovery of the Codeine syrup.