The NDLEA has uncovered over 1.6 million tramadol pills hidden in two trucks linked to a cross-border drug trafficking network.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 1,630,000 pills of tramadol. The pills were concealed in specially built compartments inside two trailers. Both trailers were travelling into Nigeria from Togo through the Benin Republic.
The agency said the first trailer was intercepted on 2 July along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway with 853,000 tramadol pills, leading to the arrest of 22-year-old driver Jabir Kabiru. Also, second truck was stopped on 4 July on the same route, where officers recovered 777,000 pills. They also arrested another 22-year-old driver, Muhammed Nuhu.
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NDLEA Links Seizures to Transnational Drug Syndicate
According to the NDLEA, the latest seizures are connected to an earlier interception of 558,900 tramadol pills made on 21 June. Investigators identified all three consignments as belonging to the same transnational drug trafficking syndicate.
In a separate operation, NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport seized 4.7kg of Canadian Loud. That alongside a synthetic cannabis strain, hidden in cartons arriving from Canada. The agency arrested several suspects, including businesswoman Chioma Nneka Mokeme, who allegedly admitted she entered the drug trade through a Canada-based associate.
This marks another major breakthrough in the agency’s ongoing crackdown on cross-border drug trafficking and illegal drug distribution across Nigeria.
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