NDLEA Seizes N3.7B Tramadol At Lagos Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have thwarted plans to smuggle over five million pills of Tramadol said to be worth N3.7bn into the country.

The agency’s Director, Media, and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday.

Babafemi said the feat was achieved through the collaboration of men of the Nigeria Customs Service and others working at the airport’s DHL cargo warehouse.

He, however, did not disclose when the pills were intercepted.

“Attempts to smuggle 98 cartons containing 5,122,900 pills of Tramadol 225mg with an estimated street value of about N3.7bn only into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, have been thwarted through the robust synergy between men of the Nigeria Customs Service and NDLEA officers at the airport as well as those at the DHL cargo warehouse,” the statement added.