The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 164,750 tramadol and other illicit pills in Taraba State, its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi said on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi stated that the drugs were seized from two suspects – Henry Abuchi and Daniel Ugwoke.
He added that 96 compressed blocks of Indian hemp weighing 82kg concealed inside jumbo bags of cassava flour were also recovered at Basket Market, Asaba, the Delta State capital.
NDLEA operatives also recovered 45 blocks of compressed Indian hemp weighing 23kg on the Okene-Abuja Highway in Kogi State on 21st March from one Abubakar Muhammad.
He was travelling in a bus that left Lagos for Maiduguri was he was arrested.
A female drug dealer, Mrs Kudirat Bello was arrested at Igbesa in Ogun on 20th March with different quantities of methamphetamine, Indian hemp, rophynol and N119, 600 monetary exhibits, he stated.
“In Lagos, more than 1,000kg of Indian hemp were recovered from three suspects – Bolaji Adesina, Femi Ojo and Jamiu Useni during a raid at Mushin”, Babafemi added.
