Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, have
uncovered N340 million worth of Tramadol tablets in 12 containers at the
Apapa port in Lagos State. In a statement released by its Head of
Public Affairs, Jonah Achema, the agency said the tablets which were in
various dosages ranging from 120 milligrams to 250 milligrams were
recovered from 12 containers in the ongoing search in Apapa port. He
said the containers were on the watch-list of NDLEA since November, 2017
and were brought to Nigeria Customs Service for search based on the
agency’s reasonable suspicion of the containers.He stated that the NCS
on Wednesday, dropped 28 of 62 containers slated for search, among which
12 of them were been found to contain tramadol.“The search is still
ongoing. 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,” Achema
said.The Federal government banned Tramadol and Codeine in May due to
the gross abuse of the drugs by women and youths.The post NDLEA uncovers 12 containers with N340 million Tramadol tablets appeared first on EMIRATCO Blog.
NDLEA uncovers 12 containers with N340 million Tramadol tablets
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, have
uncovered N340 million worth of Tramadol tablets in 12 containers at the
Apapa port in Lagos State. In a statement released by its Head of
Public Affairs, Jonah Achema, the agency said the tablets which were in
various dosages ranging from 120 milligrams to 250 milligrams were
recovered from 12 containers in the ongoing search in Apapa port. He
said the containers were on the watch-list of NDLEA since November, 2017
and were brought to Nigeria Customs Service for search based on the
agency’s reasonable suspicion of the containers.He stated that the NCS
on Wednesday, dropped 28 of 62 containers slated for search, among which
12 of them were been found to contain tramadol.“The search is still
ongoing. 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,” Achema
said.The Federal government banned Tramadol and Codeine in May due to
the gross abuse of the drugs by women and youths.The post NDLEA uncovers 12 containers with N340 million Tramadol tablets appeared first on EMIRATCO Blog.
