NDLEA Intercepts 3.5kg Powdery Tramadol in
Kano
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Mallam Aminu Kano
International Airport, MAKIA Special Area Command, Kano has
intercepted powdery Tramadol weighing 3.5 kilograms. Arrested with
the illicit substance is one Usman Hassan Ramadan, a 51 year
old.
Hassan Ramadan who claimed to be an ex-soldier from Borno State
was arrested at outbound screening point on his way to board
Ethiopian Airline to Dubai. He had stuffed his luggage with black
and white polythene bags containing a powdery substance which upon
inspection by officers and men of NDLEA turned out to be grounded
Tramadol tablets.
Initially, the suspect claimed he was carrying “alubo,” a local
yam flour but later confessed that he had to grind the tramadol
tablets in order to deceive security operatives. He claimed to have
sustained injuries during the civil war and that he needed Tramadol
at all tries to relieve him of the pain.
Mohammed Ajiya, NDLEA MAKIA Commander said the case of powdery
Tramadol is strange to the Command. “We have made seizures of
Tramadol severally but that it now comes in powdery form calls for
extra vigilance. It means drug merchants are never short of ideas.
No matter what, we will continue to beat them to their antics”.
Jonah Achema, ACN
PSO, Public Affairs