The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has seized a total of eleven containers containing tramadol tablets at Apapa port in Lagos bringing to a total of 581 million tramadol tablet seized in two days.
The net worth of the seized tramadol tablets is over NGN241 million, weighing 118 metric tonnes. The agency had earlier uncovered 340 million Tramadol tablets in 12 containers on November 15 at the same port.
Head of Public Affairs of the agency, Mr Jonah Achema, in a statement confirmed the seizure of the items. He said the confiscation was made at the Apapa Port in Lagos.
According to him, the containers had been on the watch list of the NDLEA since November 2017, and were taken to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for search, based on the agency’s reasonable suspicion that they contained the drug.
He further added that the agency is searching 39 additional containers for illicit drugs.
“The search is still ongoing. We shall continue tomorrow as well,” he said.