The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), says it has seized a container carrying over four million capsules of the illicit drug, Tramadol, at the Onne Port in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
This was disclosed in a statement released yesterday by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi.
According to the statement, the seizure was made following a joint operation involving NDLEA and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service.
Similarly, the NDLEA said one Muntari Hamidu was arrested on Sunday in Yola, Adamawa State, “with 13 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 166kgs”. In another arrest on Sunday, a resident identified as 35-year-old Sani Musa was “nabbed with 16.1kg of skunk at Ngurore, Yola-South LGA of the State”.
Meanwhile, in Ondo, NDLEA operatives were said to have arrested one James Godspower “with 36.5kg of cannabis sativa in Faloye, Ogbese, Akure-North LGA”.
In his remarks, the NDLEA Chairman, Buba Marwa, commended the officers, and called for more collaboration with other security agencies to curb drug trafficking.
