The drugs, inside a cargo consignment bound for the United Kingdom were intercepted by operatives of the NDLEA on September 6, 2024.
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A statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, said that 4,082 bottles of codeine-based syrup were also recovered from a suspect, Joseph Usman.
Magistrate Farouk Ibrahim-Umar, also, sentenced Usman to two months imprisonment without option of fine.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.
In Lagos, the notorious drug haven, Akala in Mushin area of the state was on Friday 15th October raided by a combined team of 70 NDLEA operatives and 30 soldiers in a joint operation code named ‘ Operation Still Waters.’ No less that 27 suspects were arrested while various drugs such as Cocaine, Heroin, Tramadol, Rohypnol and Cannabis, with a cumulative weight of 2,463.876 Kg were seized.
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.
At the Apapa seaport, about two million capsules of Tramadol, precisely 1,994,400 capsules, tucked in 554 cartons were intercepted in the container, which was falsely declared to contain ceramic tiles.
The NDLEA Commander in the FCT, Lawan Hamisu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
It was gathered that at least six members of the syndicate had been arrested and presently being quizzed by operatives