2.75 million Tramadol tabs, bound for London and Dubai, are seized in Lagos by the NDLEA (Photos)

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The shipment of 55 cartons of the Tramadol Tapentadol and Carisoprodol subtypes was confiscated on Saturday during inspection of container number. SUDU 7538656

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized more than 2,750,000 Tramadol 225mg tablets (NDLEA).

The tabs, which weighed 1,650 kg and were worth N1,375 billion, were found at the Apapa port in Lagos.

The shipment of 55 cartons of the Tramadol Tapentadol and Carisoprodol subtypes was confiscated on Saturday during inspection of container number. SUDU 7538656.

However, authorities nabbed traffickers trying to transport psychoactive narcotics to London and Dubai at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja.

On July 25, Ms. Ebhodaghei Gloria Osenemeshen, a passenger flying from Rwanda Air via Kigali to Dubai, was detained during the outbound screening process.

Tramadol 225mg sachets were found in her suitcase, hidden inside gari, a product made of cassava that was mixed with other items.

The suspect said that the person she had spent the previous night in his home had given her the bag.

At the SAHCO export facility on July 26, 50 blocks of cannabis Sativa weighing 27.1 kg were found hidden inside a large shipment of crayfish headed for London.

The same day, Emebradu Previous Rachael, a female traveler headed for Dubai, was detained with 1.8 kg of cannabis concealed in her suitcase. She was to join a Rwanda Air flight that would go from Kigali to the UAE.

Tramadol 225mg sachets were found in her suitcase, hidden inside gari, a product made of cassava that was mixed with other items.

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The suspect said that the person she had spent the previous night in his home had given her the bag.

At the SAHCO export facility on July 26, 50 blocks of cannabis Sativa weighing 27.1 kg were found hidden inside a large shipment of crayfish headed for London.

The same day, Emebradu Previous Rachael, a female traveler headed for Dubai, was detained with 1.8 kg of cannabis concealed in her suitcase. She was to join a Rwanda Air flight that would go from Kigali to the UAE.

Selling men’s clothing is the mother of one who is from Oghara in the Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State.

Rachael stated that her ex-boyfriend, who now lives in Dubai, asked her to bring the bag containing food and the illegal substance.

On Saturday, July 30, workers at the airport’s NAHCO import shed also evacuated cartons of khat leaf weighing a combined 51.50kg. They arrived on a Royal Air Maroc flight from Sierra Leone.

Four drug dealers were detained in Konkol and Belel, two villages near the Nigeria-Cameroon border, in Adamawa state for importing and exporting Tramadol.

From Kabiru Ahmadu, Eric Emil, Abdulmumini Bapetel, and Alphonsus Yusuf, 59.018kg of Tramadol, Diazepam, Exol-5, Cannabis Sativa, and two jerry cans of formalin material (suck & die) were found.

On Friday, July 29, 4,010 ampoules of pentazocine injection were seized in Kebbi. Lukman Aliyu, 30, and Muktar Yunusa, 26, were also detained.

Additionally, on Tuesday, July 26, a raid operation in the Ilorin neighborhood of Oko-Olowo resulted in the arrest of Onaolapo Zakariyau, 50, along with 79 kg of cannabis sativa.

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At the Jabi motor park in Abuja, 700 grams of methamphetamine and 90 blocks of cannabis (total weight: 48.2 kg) were seized. In custody is one suspect.

On Friday, July 29, a raid at the Sky restaurant in the Nasarawa area of the State resulted in the arrest of 51 individuals in Kano.

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