The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted at least 1,760,460 pills of Tramadol and other opioids hidden in packs of Noodles and others at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, as well as in Gombe State.
While over 600,000 pills of Tramadol 225mg coming from Karachi, Pakistan in two separate shipments on Ethiopian Airline flights were intercepted at the SAHCO Import Shed of the Lagos Airport on Monday, December 12 and Tuesday December 13; 5,960 pills of Rohypnol concealed in 60 packs of Noodles going to Johannesburg, South Africa were also seized at the SAHCO Export Shed of the Airport on Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said a female freight agent, Olaleye Adeola, has already been arrested in connection with the Noodle consignments.
In a related development, a trader at Balogun Market in Lagos Island, Akunne Chibuzor Tochukwu, was on Tuesday, December 13 arrested in collaboration with the Zone 2 Police…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
