Sodiq Ojuroungbe A consignment of 175,000 bottles of opioids imported from India has been seized by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement This is happening a week after the agency seized a shipment of 175,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports complex in Onne, Rivers state. According to a statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the two seizures followed earlier intelligence, which made the Agency request that the shipment be stepped down for 100 per cent inspection. According to him, the latest seizure of 875 cartons of codeine containing 175,000 bottles and weighing 26,250kg, was made on Friday, June 7, 2024, during a joint examination by NDLEA, Customs Service and other security agencies.
The container marked HASU 4787890 from India was en route C to C bonded terminal in Enugu, according to the agency. Babafemi also revealed that NDLEA officers from the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, also on Wednesday, June 5, intercepted five different parcels containing illicit drugs concealed in ladies’ clothes and synthetic hair going to the United States and United Kingdom. He disclosed that some of the seized drugs include 620 ampoules of pentazocine injection, promethazine and other opioids, adding that they were seized at a courier firm in Lagos.
Babafemi stated, “In Kebbi state, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kalgo-Birnin Kebbi road on Saturday 8th June arrested a 32-year-old Nigerien, Hassan Mummuni with 4,00.