NDLEA busts drug warehouses in Lagos, seizes N16.9bn tramadol, codeine

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, person uncovered and raided 3 amerciable cause warehouses concealed wrong a residential property successful the Okota country of Lagos, recovering ample quantities of tramadol and codeine valued astatine implicit N16.9 billion.

The bureau said successful a connection connected Wednesday that the operation, carried retired connected Friday, April 17, 2026, was based connected coordinated intelligence. The raids were conducted astatine 98 Olukayode Awofisayo Street, Park View Estate, Ago Palace, Okota, wherever a large retention installation was discovered, arsenic good arsenic 2 different locations astatine 5 Charles Ndumetu Street successful the aforesaid estate.

Officials recovered 2,360,000 pills of high-strength tramadol 225mg and 1,909,400 bottles of codeine syrup, with an estimated thoroughfare worth of implicit N16.9 billion. The substances were packed successful 19,094 cartons of codeine syrup and 34 cartons containing tramadol tablets.

Reacting to the development, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Mohamed Buba Marwa, said the cognition dealt a dense stroke to the amerciable cause marketplace and led to the illness of a large trafficking network.

He commended the officers involved, describing the seizure arsenic a important measurement successful the ongoing combat against substance maltreatment and cause trafficking.

“The standard of this recovery, astir 4.3 cardinal units of lethal...