Operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) have intercepted opioids value over N3.2 billion in separate raids at Apapa seaport in Lagos and Port Harcourt port, Onne, Rivers state.
This disclosure is contained in a press release issued by NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, Might 18, 2025, in Abuja.
Babafemi revealed {that a} complete of three,000,000 drugs of tapentadol and carisoprodol royal 225mg with a avenue worth of N2.1 billion had been intercepted on the Port Harcourt Port advanced in Onne, Rivers.
He mentioned that the interception, which was primarily based on intelligence, was carried out in one of many containers watch-listed by the company.
The NDLEA spokesman mentioned that the seizure was made on Wednesday, Might 14, throughout a joint examination of the container by NDLEA officers, personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), and different safety companies.
Babafemi additionally famous that on Might 13, operatives of the company in collaboration with different safety companies intercepted 169,800 bottles of codeine syrup value N1.1 billion in avenue worth at Apapa port.
He mentioned, “In like method, NDLEA operatives on the Apapa Port on Tuesday, Might 13, intercepted one other watch-listed container declared to have new automotive elements and equipment from India.
“Throughout a joint examination with different safety companies, a complete of 169,800 bottles of codeine syrup value over N1.1 billion in avenue worth had been found hid within the cargo.’’
Consequently, this brings the whole of medicine intercepted by the company in each states to N3.2 billion.
In the meantime, Babafemi mentioned that NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and Common Investigation (DOGI) on Friday, Might 16, intercepted 250 grams of cocaine at a courier firm in Lagos.
He mentioned that the medicine, which had been hid in feminine headgear, had been going to Australia.
Reacting, the NDLEA Chairman, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retired) recommended the officers and males of DOGI, PHIPC, and Apapa, instructions of the company, for the arrests and seizures of the previous week.
Marwa additionally praised their counterparts in all of the instructions throughout the nation for pursuing a good stability between their drug provide discount and drug demand discount efforts
