The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 13, 298,000 pills of opioids and 338,253 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup worth over N9billion in street value.
The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were intercepted by NDLEA operatives at the Port Harcourt Ports, Onne, Rivers.
Babafemi said that the seized opioids included Tramadol, Tramaking Quick Action Tramadol, Tamol-X, Royal Tapentadol and Carisoprodol among others.
He said that the opioids were recovered in three containers coming from India, targeted by the NDLEA during a 100 per cent joint examination of the cargoes.
This, he said were made easy with men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and other port stakeholders on October 2 and October 3.
