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The defendant is facing two counts bordering on illegal dealing in 500g of cannabis and 0.9 litres of codeine.
This is a week after seizing 175,000 bottles of codeine syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports complex Onne, Rivers State.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement he issued on Sunday.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement he issued on Sunday.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday.
The development was disclosed by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement.
Of the total seizures, 40 cartons of Co-Codamol, a brand of paracetamol with Codeine, which is classified as Opioid, were seized from a freight agent, Eraikhueme Ehis. The seizure made on Thursday March 10 translates to 349, 800 tablets weighing 336kg. The consignment came from London, UK as a consolidated cargo through the SAHCO Import Shed of the airport. The consolidated cargo was declared as personal effects but was discovered to contain some medicaments.
This followed the seizure of 8,381,600 capsules and tablets of Tramadol as well as 56,782 bottles of codeine.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.
Spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said the first seizure was on September 3, 2021
Delivering judgment, Justice Uche Agomoh, said she convicted and sentenced Sumonu, based on the evidence before the court and the guilty plea entered by the convict.
The spokesperson of the Command, Mariam Yusuf, revealed this in a statement on Sunday.
The NDLEA Commander in the FCT, Lawan Hamisu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Nigeria Customs Service in Imo says it confiscated three Cartons of Tramadol, three cartons of Codeine, used compressors/tyres, foreign spices and other goods worth N29.47million within three months.
The Minister made this known in Abuja when the Presidential Advisory Committee on Elimination of Drug Abuse visited the ministry on advocacy
The Federal Ministry of Health has recalled 2.4 million bottles of cough syrup containing codeine after a recent audit of the substance carried out by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control.
Babatunde Olatunji, the President of the National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees, made the plea while answering questions from journalists in Lagos.
Dr Sunday Nwangele, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor David Umahi on Health Services, announced this in Abakaliki while briefing newsmen after the State Executive Council meeting.
The Registrar of PCN, Elijah Mohammed, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja.