The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency made massive recoveries in its nationwide raids in the past week.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement he issued to newsmen on Sunday.
In Kano State, NDLEA operatives on March 18, 2026 arrested a suspect, Abdulkadir Mamuda, 35, with 102.5kg skunk at Dan-Tsalle, while another suspect, Uche Johnson Festus, 47, was nabbed the same day at Naibawa Gabas, with 95.5kg of the same psychoactive substance.
Not less than 21,737 bottles of codeine-based syrup were recovered from a store at Otto, Ijora area of Lagos State when NDLEA operatives raided the area on March 18, while two suspects: Chidiebere Anigbogu and Paul Nwagbara, were arrested on the same day on Third Mainland Bridge conveying 8,380 bottles of same substance.
While 97.5kg skunk was recovered from the home of a suspect, Akeem Idde, 37, in Ojah, Akoko-Edo LGA, Edo State on March 16, NDLEA operatives in Abuja on March 18 intercepted a commercial bus along Gwagwalada Expressway in the FCT.
A thorough search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 91,840 pills of tramadol hidden in its body compartments.
The bus driver, Aminu Ali, 27, was promptly taken into custody.
In Oyo State, a suspect, Bankole Bari, was on March 17 arrested at Oke-Oyan, Ibarapa LGA with 71.2kg skunk, which he smuggled into Nigeria from Benin Republic through the Oyan river.
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Not less than 586,000 pills of tramadol and exol-5 were recovered by NDLEA operatives from Lawal Anas, 28, along Kaduna-Zaria Highway, Kaduna on March 17, while 7,290 tablets of tramadol 225mg were seized from Musa Shuaibu, 22, at the same location on March 20.
Acting on credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives in Taraba State on March 17 intercepted a suspect, Aliyu Adamu, 26, along Takum-Jalingo Highway while conveying 77,660 capsules of tramadol to Gombe State.
In Adamawa State, no fewer than six suspects were arrested in connection with the seizure of 82.8kg tramadol in a truck in Yola on March 17.
Suspects who are joint owners of the consignment include: Ramatu Aliyu, Jungudo Abdullahi, Najid Abdullahi, Musa Mohammed, Usman Abdulrahim, and Musa Mohammed.
They were all arrested in swift follow-up operations.
In like manner, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities in schools, worship centres, work places and communities in the past week.
These included WADA sensitisation lecture to students and staff of Girls High School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State; New State High School, Mushin, Lagos State; Cornerstone Secondary School, Sankwala, Cross River State; Community Secondary School, Ngwo-Uno, Udi, Enugu State; and St. John’s Academy, Ipokia LGA, Ogun State.
