Desperate bids by drug cartels to push out millions of illicit drug tablets across Lagos State and other parts of the country for the festive season have been frustrated by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
This followed the seizure of 8,381,600 capsules and tablets of Tramadol as well as 56,782 bottles of codeine.
The massive haul was recorded by operatives of the agency in major raids in Lagos State.
Ahead of Christmas, the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), had ordered a sustained surveillance on some targets at Satellite town and Alaba Rago areas of Lagos State.
The Satellite town target was eventually raided on December 23 when a drug kingpin, Ezekiel Ibe, was arrested and over five tons of high milligrams Tramadol 225mg and 100mg.
