About one million, five hundred thousand tablets and capsules of pharmaceutical opioids such as Tramadol, Exol-5, and Diazepam loaded in Onitsha, Anambra state and heading to Yauri, Kebbi state have been intercepted in Edo state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA).
According to NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the agency intercepted the drugs on Friday 14th January, the same day 425,000 Diazepam tablets were recovered at Segemu, Kano.
In addition, a total of one million four hundred and thirteen thousand, three hundred and forty-four naira (N1, 413,344) was seized along with arms and ammunition from a suspected bandit and a drug kingpin in Plateau State while over 137.754 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs were recovered during interdiction operations across seven states in the past week.
