operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have again intercepted another consignment of 175,000 bottles of opioid imported from India.
This is a week after seizing 175,000 bottles of codeine syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports complex Onne, Rivers State.
The two seizures followed earlier intelligence, which made the Agency request that the shipment be stepped down for 100 percent examination.
According to the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, the latest seizure of 875 cartons of codeine containing 175,000 bottles and weighing 26,250kg, was made on June 7, 2024 during a joint examination by NDLEA, Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies.
The container, marked: HASU 4787890, from India was enroute C to C bonded terminal in Enugu, Enugu State.
In the same vein, NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation on June 5 intercepted five different parcels containing illicit drugs concealed in ladies’ clothes and synthetic hair going to the United States and United Kingdom.
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Some of the seized drugs included 620 ampoules of pentazocine injection, promethazine and other opioids.
The drug consignments were seized at a courier firm in Lagos State.
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