
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, disclose that its operatives have intercepted another batch of seven containers bearing one million two hundred and twenty-nine thousand four hundred bottles of codeine syrup worth over nine billion eight hundred and thirty-five million two hundred thousand Naira (N9,835,200,000.00) at the One ports.
A statement made by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy, he stated that, “The latest seizure made on Thursday 18th July 2024 is the fourth and last set of such consignments that have been under the watchlist of the Agency’s Maritime Special Operations Unit Targeting Team, which worked in partnership with the Port Harcourt Ports Command of the Agency and other security agencies”.
“The agencies included the Nigeria Customs Service for a 100 percent joint examination of the targeted containers.