NDLEA’s spokesman Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the pills were smuggled in from Pakistan.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement (NDLEA) recovered 300,000 tramadol pills at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, on Friday.
NDLEA’s spokesman Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the pills were smuggled in from Pakistan.
He added that various quantities of tramadol and Indian hemp concealed in soles of sports canvas shoes and headed to Oman were also intercepted at two courier firms in Lagos on January 9.
Mr Babafemi stated that another consignment of tramadol and Rohypnol hidden in spices and headed to the United Kingdom had also been intercepted.
The NDLEA spokesman said operatives also arrested a 24-year-old man in Katsina State on January 10 with 25.5kg hemp.
He explained that the arrest was effected during a buy-and-bust operation at Kurmi Primary School in Malumfashi, Katsina State.
Mr Babafemi also stated that operatives arrested one man in Gombe with 47 blocks of Indian hemp weighing 30kg and concealed in two sacks of groundnuts.
(NAN)