NDLEA intercepts over 320,000 tramadol capsules in Taraba

File photo: NDLEA official

A truck loaded with building materials was found to be concealing large consignments of opioids and other illicit substances, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said.

The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday that the agency’s Taraba Command, acting on credible intelligence, intercepted a truck conveying building materials from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Jalingo.

“A thorough search of the vehicle by the NDLEA operatives at the Nukkai Timber Shade, Jalingo, led to the discovery of a massive drug stash concealed beneath the cargo, while a 22-year-old suspect, Buhari Abdullahi, was promptly arrested,” the statement said.

Recovered from the truck were “320,840 capsules of tramadol, 600 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 4,500 pills of rohypnol, and 299 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup.”