NDLEA Grab Six, Seize ₦6.7bn Drugs For Lagos

Operatives of di National Drug Law Enforcement Agency don arrest one suspected drug baron, Onyekachi Nwanagu, plus five members of im network after dem burst one big opioid warehouse for Isolo, Lagos. Di NDLEA talk say di Special Operations Unit carry di raid between 19 and 20 November after intelligence show say di syndicate dey prepare to share over 7.2 million tramadol pills and 526,000 bottles of codeine syrup ahead of Christmas. Two suspects, Egbo Udalor and Chukwe Emmanuel, first land for hand on 19 November for Apple Junction, Festac, as dem dey carry 300 cartons of opioids for truck. Di next day, follow-up operation for di warehouse land Nwanagu and three others, Nwoye Sunday Ali, Nnacho Ogochukwu, and Oraghalia Philip, for NDLEA net.

NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, talk say di operatives recover 7,272,000 tramadol 225mg pills worth ₦3.96bn and 53 million ml of codeine syrup worth ₦2.76bn, making di total street value ₦6.72bn. Di drugs waka comot from di estate with 11 trucks go NDLEA exhibit complex for Lagos. NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), hail di officers, say di operation scatter one major drug network wey for don fuel addiction and insecurity nationwide. Di agency don intensify operations ahead of Christmas, and earlier arrest one woman, Oluchi Celestine, for Lekki on 18 November with 2.6kg Colorado wey she hide inside branded containers and flight boarding passes.