{"id":68981,"date":"2021-02-25T18:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T17:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/?p=68981"},"modified":"2021-02-25T18:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T17:28:40","slug":"ndlea-seized-over-614kg-of-various-types-of-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/ndlea-seized-over-614kg-of-various-types-of-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA seized over 614kg of various types of drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NDLEA seized over 614kg of various types of drugs<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Ifeoma Ikem<\/p>\n

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a container load of Tramadol at the Apapa, Lagos seaport.<\/p>\n

According to a statement released in Abuja by Mr Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, the anti-drugs agency stated that about two million capsules of Tramadol (precisely 1,994,400 capsules) tucked in 554 cartons were intercepted in the container which was falsely declared to contain ceramic tiles.<\/p>\n

He quoted Apapa Seaport Area Commander of the NDLEA, Mr. Samuel Gadzama as saying that one of the containers bearing the illicit drug had been intercepted and seized in Kenya.<\/p>\n

Gadzama said; \u201cThough the second container found its way to Nigeria but the eagle eyes of our narcotic agents discovered it during a joint inspection of the ship. Were continuing with further investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n

NDLEA operatives also conducted raids at some drug spots in Agege, Ikorodu, Lekki, Okokomaiko and other parts of the state and dismantled major drug syndicates.<\/p>\n

Some suspects were arrested by the operatives who also seized large quantities of hard drugs.<\/p>\n

90 suspects including an Indian were arrested while over 614kg of various types of drugs were seized.<\/p>\n

Lagos State Commander of the agency, Mr. Ralph Igwenagu gave a breakdown of the seizures as Cannabis Sativa 577.020kg; Cocaine 0.183kg, Heroine 0.003kg, Tramadol 36.202kg (7,697) tablets, Rohypnol 0.208kg (646) tablets, Diazapam 0.462kg (2066) tablets, Exol-5 0.52kg (316) tablets, making a total of 614.396kg.<\/p>\n

Igwenagu said; \u201cOne of the drug syndicates busted during the raids is co-ordinated by one Samuel Ebenezer in Lekki whose cartel imports special sophisticated drugs baked in cakes, biscuits and cookies from the United States and sells to the rich and affluent people in Lekki and Lagos Island.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second syndicate is coordinated by an Indian, Inderpreet Singh, alias Bobby that imports Tramadol 225mg from India and sells in Nigeria from his Osy Agomo Close, Apple Estate, Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Singh is also a dealer in tricycle parts and the Managing Director of Rashaan Trading Ltd. Arrested with him is a Nigerian, one Sylvester Omoredien.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NDLEA seized over 614kg of various types of drugs By Ifeoma Ikem The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a container load of Tramadol at the Apapa, Lagos seaport. According to a statement released in Abuja by Mr Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, the anti-drugs agency stated that about two million […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[1513,446,568],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG-20210225-WA0061.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Suws-hWB","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68983,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68981\/revisions\/68983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}