NDLEA seizes over 1.5 million tramadol pills from trucks

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have caught over 1.5 million tramadol pills hidden in two trucks that crossed into Nigeria from the Benin Republic. The agency called this another big hit against drug traffickers.

This latest seizure happened just a week after NDLEA officers in Lagos stopped a truck with 558,900 pills of tramadol 250mg. Those pills were hidden in a false-bottom compartment made from thick iron sheets.

Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media & Advocacy, shared this information in a statement on X on Sunday.

Babafemi said that smart operations led to the interception of two more trucks using the same hiding method and route from Togo through the Benin Republic into Nigeria.

The statement said, "In yet another deadly blow to the backbone of tramadol cartels in Nigeria coming barely a week after #ndlea_nigeria officers in Lagos intercepted a truck loaded with 558,900 pills of tramadol 250mg buried in false bottom compartment constructed with thick iron sheets on the belly of the truck that came from Togo through Benin Republic into Lagos.

"NDLEA operatives acting on intelligence have again intercepted two more of such trucks with the same mode of concealment coming through same route but this time with three times the number of pills seized from the first truck, that’s over 1.5 million pills meant for delivery to the North.

"That’s massive supplies to bandits and other criminal gangs blocked midway. Now that their channels through the ports have been blocked, they are again meeting their Waterloo at their escape land border routes. This is no doubt a massive win for our youths being targeted, public health, security and Nigeria 🇳🇬 as a whole," the statement added.