Agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted 6,125 cartons of codeine syrup 1,050,000 bottles of opioid codeine worth N7.3b in street value, at the Port Harcourt Ports complex, Onne, Rivers state.
The NDLEA said the seizure made from six containers on Saturday was the third of such in the past four weeks following credible intelligence and diligent tracking of the consignments from their port of departure by a special operations unit of the agency, which worked in partnership with the Port Harcourt Ports Command of the Agency and other security agencies including the Customs Service for a 100 percent joint examination of the targeted containers.
This was announced by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, on Sunday.
Babafemi disclosed that a total of 6,125 cartons containing 1,050,000 bottles of codeine syrup weighing 157,500 kilograms were recovered on Saturday.At the end of the joint examination of the six containers.
He also announced that NDLEA officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos have arrested two passengers travelling to Doha on a Qatar Airways flight at the screening point of terminal 2 after they tested positive to ingestion of illicit substances on Friday June 21.
Babafemi explained that the suspects: Aikhomoun Daniel a.k.a Oladapo Olanrewaju and Ayigoro Waheed Omobolaji were thereafter taken into observatory custody.
According to him, Daniel excreted a total of 90 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.022kg in six excretions, while Ayigoro discharged 60 wraps of the same Class A substance with a total weight of 662grams in five egestion.
Babafemi in the statement said further investigation revealed that Aikhomoun Daniel actually stole the identity of his late uncle who was once based in Germany, a decision he claimed he took to get Schengen visa to enable him free access to Europe, while his real name is Oladapo Olanrewaju.
