25th August, 2024
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted two containers with 1,596 cartons of codeine-based syrup containing 319, 200 bottles of the opioid worth N2,234,400,000 in street value.
A statement issued by the NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday said the containers came from Mundra port in India.
He said the codeine were recovered from the containers during a joint examination with other port stakeholders at the Tincan seaport in Lagos on Friday, 23rd August, 2024.
In Lagos, Babafemi disclosed that a suspect Godwill Davidson was on Wednesday 21st August arrested with 3,834 bottles of codeine syrup; 5,200 pills of Co-Codamol; and 11, 880 tablets of Rohypnol in Mushin area of the state, while another suspect, Yahaya Ibrahim, 23, was nabbed by operatives along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway, Kogi State same day with 42,000 pills of tramadol coming from Asaba, Delta State enroute Potiskum, Yobe State.
“In the same vein, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, sensitization activities to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week.
“These include: WADA enlightenment lecture to pupils of Dan Amus Sangaya school, Sabon Layi, Gombi, Adamawa state; workers of transport companies in Garki Enugu, Enugu state; students and staff of Kaduna State School of Nursing, Kaduna, and WADA advocacy visit to the management of Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State,” he said.
While commending the officers and men of the Special Operations Units at the various Commands for the arrests, seizures and their dexterity, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) enjoined them and their colleagues across the country to continue with the ongoing balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the Agency.
