*Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency intercept illegal drugs in Lagos and Rivers states, valued at over N3.4 billion, as well as 942 explosives in Zamfara State of Nigeria

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted illicit drugs valued at over N3.4 billion in Lagos and Rivers states.

The operatives also uncovered a cache of 942 explosives in a breakthrough in the fight against drug trafficking and organised crime, in Zamfara State of Nigeria.

Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, said this in a statement Sunday, May 4, 2025, disclosed that two million pills of Tafrodol 225mg and 163,000 bottles of Codeine syrup, were recovered April 29 during a joint examination of a watch-listed container by NDLEA Officers, Men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), and other security agencies at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, in Onne, Rivers State.

Babafemi also said in Lagos, a total of 1,500,000 pills of a controlled Opioid were recovered at the Alaba-Rago area of Ojo.

The NDLEA Spokesman said: 鈥淥peratives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted no fewer than three million five hundred thousand (3,500,000) pills of opioids and one hundred and sixty-three thousand (163,000) bottles of codeine syrup with combined street value of over three billion, four hundred and twenty-eight million Naira (N3,428,000,000.00) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Lagos State.”

He further explained that the bulk of the seizures: two million pills of tafrodol 225mg and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrup, was made Tuesday, 29th April, 2025, during a joint examination of a watch-listed container by NDLEA officers, men of Customs Service and other security agencies at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers State.

The statement noted: 鈥淚n Lagos, a total of 1,500,000 pills of a controlled opioid were recovered from a suspect Olarenwaju Wahab at the Alaba-Rago area of Ojo on Tuesday 29th April while the source of the consignment was traced to Q104B Road 25, Victoria Garden City, Lekki, which is the residence of one Obinna Kenneth who is now at large.鈥�

942 explosives hidden in a sack, says Babafemi

The NDLEA Spokesman disclosed that in Kaduna State, where a routine patrol along the Kaduna-Zaria Expressway, May 3, led to the interception of a commercial vehicle from Nasarawa.

According to him, a search revealed 942 explosives hidden in a sack.

Babafemi said: 鈥淚n Kaduna, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kaduna 鈥� Zaria expressway on Saturday 3rd May intercepted a commercial vehicle coming from Nasarawa State heading to Zamfara State.

鈥淎 search of the vehicle led to the discovery of a total of Nine Hundred and Forty-Two (942) explosives concealed in a sack and the subsequent arrest of a 30-year-old suspect Nura Sani Muhammad (alias Nura Hariji).”

The Director of Media and Advocacy said at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), in Ikeja, Lagos, NDLEA operatives intercepted 42 parcels of Canadian Loud, a potent cannabis strain, concealed in food tins aboard a British Airways flight from Canada.

NDLEA operatives nabbed three suspects, including the receiver, Monsurat Lawson, between April 30 and May 3.

Further still, in a separate incident at the Lagos Airport May 2, the statement revealed a businessman, Bobby Morris Osas, was arrested while attempting to travel to Italy with over 8,000 pills of tramadol.

He stated: 鈥淪imilarly, on April 28, NDLEA officers foiled an attempt to export drugs to Iraq through a courier company, seizing 104 grams of tramadol and skunk hidden in bottles of body cream, 鈥� he added.

Meanwhile, in a major breakthrough following a 10-month investigation, NDLEA operatives apprehended Dominic Chiegozie Obijiaku, the 52-year-old Managing Director of Ovidaq International Limited, over his role in importing over 2.6 million tramadol pills through the Apapa Port July 2024.

A raid on his Lekki residence also yielded 51 wraps of Canadian Loud, stated Babafemi.

He explained: 鈥淎fter 10 months of painstaking investigation, NDLEA operatives on Saturday 26th April arrested a wanted drug kingpin, the 52-year-old Managing Director of Ovidaq International Ltd, Dominic Chiegozie Obijiaku over his involvement in the importation of a consignment of 2,616,060 pills of tramadol 225mg intercepted by NDLEA at Apapa seaport in Lagos on 28th July 2024.

鈥淎 follow-up operation at his house in Lekki led to the seizure of 51 wraps of Canadian Loud weighing 34 grams.”

Besides, the anti-narcotics regulatory agency said it made significant arrests in Kano, Edo, Anambra, and Niger states.

The agency seized hundreds of thousands of opioid pills, bottles of codeine syrup, ampoules of pentazocine injection, and cannabis from multiple suspects, Babafemi noted.

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