The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) busted another tramadol cartel in Lagos with the seizure of millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over N5 billion from a warehouse last weekend
The drugs were intercepted in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State following an earlier arrest of two kingpins.
The drug cartel was busted on January 13, 2023, when operatives tracked and located a central pharmaceutical warehouse of opioids at No. 17, Sir Ben Onyeka street, off Ago palace way, Okota
Aloysius Okeke, the alleged owner of the warehouse was also arrested and Illicit drugs were recovered from the warehouse which included 3,264,630 pills of tramadol, 3499 bottles of codeine, and 915,000 capsules of 300mg Pregabalin.
This came on the heels of the arrest of a suspect, Olarenwaju Lawal Wahab who distributed for the cartel the same day.
Amongst the things recovered from his white Mercedes distribution bus include: 14,690 bottles of codeine-based syrup, 402,500 tablets of tramadol 250mg, 50,000 tablets of tramadol 225mg, and 210,000 capsules of pregabalin 300mg.
The NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa also commended the officers and men of Lagos Command for the arrests and seizures.
Marwa charged them and compatriots across the country to sustain the heat on drug cartels in Nigeria.
He also urged the operatives to balance their efforts on supply reduction with drug demand reduction initiatives.