Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted 892,400 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth N6.2 billion in street value.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday disclosed that operatives recovered the drugs from five containers.
Babafemi said the operation was carried out by NDLEA operatives at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers State.
He said this was during a joint examination of the containers with officials of the Nigeria Customs and other port stakeholders on 14th and 15th of August.
In another development, NDLEA operatives supported by Nigerian soldiers and operatives from other security agencies, as well as community youth on 14th August, raided the Ise forest reserve, Saalaja camp, Ise-Ekiti.
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Babafemi said that 21,800kg of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) on 20 hectares of farmland were destroyed.
“The following day, 15 August, NDLEA officers on patrol along Onitsha- Enugu Road in Enugu State intercepted a Sienna bus marked SKA-24 AG. A total 200.2kg of cannabis (Indian hemp) was recovered and the driver,” he said.
The NDLEA also said two persons were arrested with 145,400 pills of tramadol on 12th of August in the Gadar Tamburawa area of Kano state.
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