NDLEA arrests 85-year-old grandmother, recovers 894,800 opioid tablets in Bauchi

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a Saudi Arabia-bound consignment of hashish hid in a gallon of palm oil on the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, whereas uncovering 8,725 kilogrammes of powdered tramadol price greater than N6.98 billion on the Apapa Port in Lagos.

The company additionally arrested an 85-year-old grandmother in Edo state over alleged hashish possession and seized giant consignments of illicit medicine in Lagos, Ondo, Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The NDLEA said this in a press release issued Sunday by its director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

The assertion mentioned operatives on the Kano airport intercepted a feminine passenger, Fatimah Ahmad, on Friday, October 16, throughout the outward clearance of an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, through Addis Ababa.

A search of her baggage revealed 511.75 grammes of hashish, popularly generally known as skunk, hid in a gallon of palm oil.

The suspect reportedly informed operatives that her cousin, Abubakar Yahaya, gave her the gallon. Yahaya was subsequently arrested on the airport automotive park.

In Lagos, NDLEA operatives uncovered 8,725 kilogrammes of powdered tramadol hydrochloride on the APM terminals in Apapa.

The consignment, imported from India and declared as maize starch, was found on October 2 throughout a joint examination involving the NDLEA, Nigeria Customs Service and different companies.

A confirmatory check on the company’s forensic laboratory established that the substance was tramadol hydrochloride powder.