NDLEA seizes 320,840 tramadol capsules, arrests in 6 states

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced a series of major drug seizures and arrests across multiple states in recent days, including the interception of a massive opioid shipment in Taraba State and the arrest of a 75-year-old man in Ebonyi. The operations, detailed in a statement issued on Sunday by agency spokesperson Femi Babafemi, are part of an ongoing nationwide crackdown.

In Taraba, acting on intelligence, operatives intercepted a truck carrying building materials from Anambra State to Jalingo on Saturday, June 6. A search at the Nukkai Timber Shade in Jalingo uncovered a large consignment of drugs concealed beneath the cargo. The seizure included 320,840 capsules of tramadol, 600 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 4,500 pills of rohypnol, and 299 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup. A 22-year-old suspect, Buhari Abdullahi, was arrested in connection with the haul.

Separate operations led to arrests in five other states. In Ebonyi State, a 75-year-old man identified as Okebe Samuel was arrested at Okposi with 300 grams of skunk, which the agency said he sold in retail sachets to young people in his community. In Imo State, a raid on a drug enclave in...