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In a sweeping operation aimed at protecting public health, NDLEA officers intercepted over 7.6 million tramadol tablets and more than 76,000kg of potent cannabis variants during coordinated intelligence operations across multiple states.
The agency said it has also arrested several suspects linked to the drug trafficking networks behind the consignments.
According to a statement released on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, 3,874,000 pills of tramadol (225mg and 100mg) and 252.2 litres of codeine syrup were recovered on December 6 from a warehouse at Oko Market, Asaba, Delta State.
Similarly, he said 1.2 million tablets of tramadol 225mg were intercepted on December 3 from a vehicle driven by one Kelechi Nwakocha, 35, along the Onitsha–Owerri Road in Imo State.
“In series of intelligence-led operations across the country, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered over 7.6 million pills of tramadol and a total of 76,273.4 kilograms of different strains of cannabis including Colorado, Loud and Skunk with several members of Drug Trafficking Organisations linked to the seizures arrested.
” Out of the total opioids seized during the raids, not less than 3,874,000 pills of tramadol 225mg and 100mg, and others as well as 252.2litres of codeine syrup were recovered from a warehouse at Oko market, Asaba, Delta state on Saturday 6th December 2025, while no fewer than 1.2 million tablets of tramadol 225mg were seized from a suspect Kelechi Nwakocha, 35, on Wednesday 3rd December when NDLEA operatives on patrol at Orogwe, along Onitsha- Owerri road Imo state, intercepted his vehicle conveying the consignment which was loaded at Aba, Abia state, heading to Onitsha, Anambra state,” the spokesperson said.
In Adamawa State, Babafemi said operatives on December 1 intercepted a Toyota Hiace bus along the Maraba–Mubi route with 1,577,112 capsules of tramadol and Exol-5 tablets concealed in jumbo bags mixed with sandals and slippers.
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He added that two suspects, Kabiru Buba, 25, and Hamza Abubakar, 32, were arrested, noting that another suspect, Mudansir Rabiu, 27, was arrested along the Zaria–Kano Road with 197,000 pills of Exol-5.
In Ekiti State, he said operatives destroyed 14,654kg of skunk in forests in Omuo-Ekiti, arresting two suspects, Yusuf Iliyasu, 50, and Okumu Chinedu, 26.
“In another operation, the operatives on Tuesday 2nd December stormed the forests in Asin-Ekiti, Ikole LGA, Ekiti state, where they destroyed 54,300kg of skunk in two large warehouses that were razed while 28.3kg of the same psychoactive substance was recovered for the purpose of prosecution.
“Following actionable intelligence, NDLEA operatives on Tuesday 2nd December raided Igoba forest in Akure North LGA, Ondo state where a total of 2,483 compressed blocks of skunk and 247 bags of the same substance all weighing 5,442 kilograms were recovered and five suspects arrested, ” the statement added.
Also on December 2, he said operatives raided Igoba Forest in Akure North LGA, Ondo State, recovering 2,483 compressed blocks and 247 bags of skunk weighing 5,442kg.
Babafemi added that five suspects, Jacob Omodowo, 66; Joy Oluatobi Peace, 24; Babatunde Olamide, 40; Echi Fidelis Joseph, 57; and Ankrah Akano, 56 , were arrested.
In Edo State, he said 447.5kg of skunk was recovered from two Honda Accord cars in Agho Forest, Akoko Edo LGA, and one suspect, Dada Adedara Babawibi, 56, was arrested, adding that another 315.8kg was seized during a raid on a warehouse in Isiefve community, Ohuwunde LGA, where a suspect, Stanley Obasuwa, was arrested.
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