NDLEA officials
NDLEA
NDLEA officials
NDLEA Intercepts 340m Tramadol Tablets in 12
containers
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has so far
uncovered over 340, 000, 000 tablets of Tramadol at the Apapa Sea
Ports in Lagos. The tablets which were in various dosages ranging
from 120 to 250 milligrams were recovered from 12 containers in an
on-going search of containers at Apapa sea port.
These containers which have been on the watch-list of NDLEA
since November 2017 were brought to the attention of Nigeria
Customs Service, NCS, to be positioned for search based on the
Agency’s reasonable suspicion of the containers containing
tramadol. The Nigeria Customs Service yesterday dropped only 28 of
the 62 containers for search where 12 of the containers have been
found to contain Tramadol. The search is still on-going.
Tramadol is a pharmaceutical drug which has been subject of
abuse by the populace. In one single operation in November last
year, the Agency intercepted 160 million tablets of tramadol at the
Apapa Port which ranged from 220 to 250 milligrams. They were
imported from India using false documents in the name of an
unregistered company.
According to Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (Rtd.)
Chairman/Chief Executive, NDLEA, “It is doubtful that this influx
of tramadol is for legitimate use. Tramadol which is a derivative
of Opiate is for post-surgery application but even if everybody in
Nigeria undergoes surgery every year, we do not need the quantity
that enters our country. It only suggests their diversion for
illicit use.”
Jonah Achema, ACN
Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs