The consignment had been declared as maize starch, however a confirmatory take a look at on the company’s forensic laboratory recognized it as tramadol hydrochloride powder.
When the substance was separated from its concealment on October 14, it was discovered in 349 baggage weighing a complete of 8,725 kilogrammes, with an estimated avenue worth exceeding N6.98 billion.
Similarly, operatives on the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos found 55 kilogrammes of Canadian Loud, a potent pressure of hashish, valued at N165 million on October 12.
The medicine have been packed in brown cartons and hid inside a Toyota Sienna car shipped in a 40-foot container.
In one other operation, NDLEA operatives raided Idumota Market in Lagos on October 14 and arrested Elizabeth Chidera Kalu, recovering 10,600 ampoules of diazepam injection and 6,500 tablets of Molly from her retailer.
The following day, two males, Idowu Daudu and Ahmed Oniyinde, each aged 35, have been arrested in Mushin with 59.95 kilogrammes and 61.23 kilogrammes of hashish, respectively.
Also in Lagos, operatives intercepted a truck conveying illicit medicine alongside Iyana Oba on October 15, following intelligence a couple of consignment coming from Trade Fair Market.
Two suspects, recognized as Tajudeen Adeduntan, the loading supervisor, and his assistant, Azeez Sikiru, have been arrested.
A search of the truck led to the restoration of 18,000 tablets of tramadol 250mg hid in cartons labelled as Rambo insecticide.
In Edo State, NDLEA operatives raided Warake, Ivhiaro and Ewe/Irue communities in Owan East Local Government Area between October 15 and 16, arresting six suspects and recovering varied portions of hashish and different medicine.
The suspects included 85-year-old Grace Ehimeka, who was arrested with 179 kilogrammes of hashish in Warake, and 53-year-old Ayo Aigberadion, discovered with 220.8 kilogrammes in Ewe/Irue.
Others have been Ali Garba, 57, arrested with 5.852 kilogrammes; Habib Braimoh, 45, with 100 grammes; Musa Mubid, 35, with two kilogrammes of hashish, hashish seeds, tramadol, Swinol and diazepam; and Hope Okoro, 35, with 237 grammes of Canadian Loud.
In Ondo State, operatives raided a hashish farm in the Okemoro Isinbode camp forest on October 17, destroying 7,500 kilogrammes of hashish cultivated on three hectares of land.
Five suspects have been arrested throughout the operation. They have been recognized as Asikpo Ekpeyoung, 43; Solomon Okpani, 22; Ubong Friday, 35; Joseph Friday, 22; and Ekenimi Seth, 35.
The company stated displays recovered included 92 baggage of hashish weighing 1,267 kilogrammes, 11 kilogrammes of hashish seeds and three kilogrammes of contemporary stems, bringing the overall recovered displays to 1,281 kilogrammes.
In a separate operation in the Owo space of the state, operatives on October 16 tracked 53-year-old Okunebe Ndidi to his hideout in Ameyinti, the place they recovered 25 baggage of hashish weighing 375 kilogrammes.
In Bauchi State, operatives intercepted a Volkswagen Golf wagon pushed by 35-year-old Shamsu Garba at Ragwam village in Katagum Local Government Area on October 14.
A search of the car led to the restoration of 894,800 capsules of tramadol capsules and Exol-5 tablets.
On the identical day, officers patrolling the Bauchi-Gombe Road recovered 291 blocks of hashish weighing 265 kilogrammes from an deserted car at Tudun Natsira village.
In Kano State, two suspects, Ali Abdullahi, 38, and Ibrahim Adamu, 23, have been arrested alongside the Zaria-Kano Road on October 13 with 30,100 tablets of tramadol 225mg.
Another suspect, 54-year-old Murtala Dayyabu, was arrested at Niger Street, Malan Kato, on October 14 with 100,000 tablets of Exol-5.
In Kaduna State, a raid at Kayimi village led to the arrest of Mohammed Sani, 48; Zaharadeen Shafiu, 29; and Yakubu Abdullahi, 20, with 496.5 kilogrammes of hashish.
At Food Palace on Ali Akilu Road, Kaduna, operatives additionally arrested 39-year-old John Ayo David with 49,500 tablets of tramadol 225mg.
In Abuja, a 42-year-old suspect, Odo Jonas Ejike, was arrested in the Utako space on October 17 with 29,500 tramadol capsules.
Beyond the seizures and arrests, the company stated its instructions and formations continued public enlightenment actions underneath its War Against Drug Abuse initiative in faculties, worship centres, workplaces and communities throughout the nation.
The sensitisation programmes included lectures at Nawar-Ur-Deen High School in Ogboro, Oyo State; Elf Junior Secondary School in Bojude, Gombe State; Cherubim and Seraphim Primary School in Ikorodu, Lagos State; Harmony Secondary School in Lokoja, Kogi State; and Government Secondary School in Ikot Ansa, Calabar, Cross River State.
Other places included Rivers State College of Health Science and Management Technology in Port Harcourt, Mesh International School in Benin City, Edo State, and Abu Hanifa Academy in Kano Municipal, Kano State.
The NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), counseled officers of the Apapa, Tin Can, Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Lagos, Edo, Bauchi, Ondo, Kano and FCT instructions for the operations.
Marwa urged officers throughout the nation to maintain efforts in opposition to drug trafficking networks whereas sustaining the company’s balanced strategy to drug management.
