US EditionTwo Britons Detained as NDLEA Intercepts Opioids Worth N6.5bn in Lagos, Rivers Ports - Daily Trust
- NDLEA operatives intercepted six million opioid pills and 332,000 bottles of codeine syrup worth N6.52 billion at Lagos and Port Harcourt ports in May 2025.
- The seizures resulted from intelligence tracking new smuggling routes employed by drug cartels to bring illegal drugs into Nigeria, leading authorities to place the containers on a watch list for thorough inspection.
- At Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, two British nationals and two Nigerians were arrested on May 15 for attempting to smuggle 92 bags of Loud cannabis weighing 51.10 kg.
- Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, the syndicate leader, confessed arriving from South Africa via Ghana and was promised £1,300 after successful delivery, while large cash and drug-related items were seized from his Lekki apartment.
- The arrests and seizures suggest strengthened multi-agency enforcement against drug trafficking, highlighted by NDLEA's destruction of 75,000 kg of skunk and ongoing national advocacy activities.
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Two Britons detained as NDLEA intercepts opioids worth N6.5bn in Lagos, Rivers ports - Daily Trust
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two British nationals – Mhizha Jordan Alexander Tatendra and Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon – for illicit drug trafficking. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday said the duo were arrested alongside two other Nigerians: Shonowo Oluwaseun Imole and Ofuoma Omokaro Ayobami, for attempting to smuggle into Nigeria 92 bags of Loud, a strong strain…
NDLEA Arrests Two British Nationals, Seizes N6.5bn Worth Of Drugs At Lagos And Rivers Ports
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted opioids worth more than N6.5 billion at seaports in Lagos and Rivers states during operations carried out last week. In a statement on Sunday, May 25, NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said the seized drugs include over six million pills—mainly tamol 225mg, tapentadol 225mg, and carisoprodol 225mg—as […]
NDLEA intercepts drugs hidden in Plantain Chips package
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted a shipment of drugs concealed within packages labelled as plantain chips at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this on Sunday in a short statement. “Narco-trend update: This consignment was packaged as plantain chips, but inside was a skunk, as discovered by vigilant #ndlea_nigeria officers in one of their …
N6.5billion opioids intercepted in Lagos, Rivers ports as NDLEA nabs 2 British men
. Destroys 77,000kg skunk in Cross River, Edo forests; recovers 4,000kg in Nasarawa No fewer than six million pills of opioids namely: tamol 225mg, tapentadol 225mg and carisoprodol 225mg as well as 332,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup with a combined street value of Six Billion Five Hundred and Twenty-Four Million Naira (N6,524,000,000.00) have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Por…
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