Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a major consignment of 2,248,000 pills of tramadol 200mg/225mg, valued at N3.99 billion, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
The shipment, disguised as multivitamins in 114 cartons, arrived on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Delhi, India, on Monday, 8th September 2025. Following days of surveillance, NDLEA operatives arrested a clearing agent and two drivers while attempting to move the consignment out of the airport on Thursday, 11th September.
A follow-up operation led to the arrest of Indian businessman Gupta Ravi Kumar and three Nigerian accomplices — Ogunlana Noah Olanrewaju, Olushola Idrees Kayode, and Bakare Korede Muheeb.In a related operation at the same airport, a passenger, Onyeganochi Stanley Ifeanyi, travelling to Doha on a Qatar Airways flight, was intercepted with 900 grams of skunk concealed in crayfish.
His confession led to the arrest of a Qatar-based Nigerian, Ohadiegwu Uchenna, and further recovery of 200 grams of the same substance from his hotel room.
At the Tincan Port, Lagos, NDLEA, in a joint examination of a 40ft container from Montreal, Canada, recovered 161 parcels of Canadian Loud (81.7kg) and 1.2kg of hashish oil, concealed in vehicle parts.
Two suspects, John Ochigbo and Okeke Kingsley, were arrested. Another 65kg of Canadian Loud was later tracked and seized on Third Mainland Bridge, with one suspect, Abubakar Ibrahim, apprehended.
In separate courier interceptions, operatives seized six grams of methamphetamine concealed in a picture frame bound for Gabon and 1.1kg of Loud hidden in video players destined for the United Arab Emirates.
In Ikorodu, Lagos, a factory producing skuchies — a psychoactive mix of cannabis and blackcurrant drink — was raided.
The NDLEA recovered 6,029 bottles of the drink and 4,232kg of cannabis while arresting the factory manager, Joy Awosika.
Another suspect, Akeem Oriola, was caught in Mushin with 26kg of skunk.
