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NDLEA Nabs Power Indian businessman over smuggled 134,700 bottles of codeine

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February 21, 2025
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of codeine syrup into the country through the land border – between Nigeria and Niger Republic in Sokoto state.

A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, said the suspect had loaded the consignment into trucks in Cotonou, Benin Republic, and drove through the land borders via Niger Republic before entering Sokoto State at the Illela border, then settled in a hotel in the state.

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Babafemi said credible intelligence had revealed that Nutal began to look for buyers for the controlled drug.

The statement added that while NDLEA’s operatives were on his trail, officers of the Department of State Security were able to apprehend him and swiftly handed him over to NDLEA last Wednesday.

In a related development, attempts by drug traffickers to export large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine, khat, Tramadol and cannabis through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport as well as three courier companies in Lagos have been frustrated by narcotic officers who intercepted the illicit consignments.

Babafemi said at the Lagos airport, operatives last Tuesday arrested one Felix Eshemokhai with 1.75 kilogrammes heroin while trying to board Royal Air Maroc to Casablanca, Morocco while another trafficker, Okafor Onuzuruike, was also nabbed same day during his bid to travel on RwandAir to Dubai with 2.2 kilogrammes of cannabis concealed in food stuff.

The spokesman also disclosed that not less than 25 kilogrammes of methamphetamine, Tramadol, cannabis and khat concealed in motor parts, MP3 player, speaker and fabrics heading to USA, UK, Australia, Dubai and Madagascar were seized at three major courier companies in Lagos.

He said in Gombe state, 31,000 capsules of Tramadol were recovered from a truck that left Onitsha, Anambra state for Mubi, Adamawa state and the owner, Ibrahim  Bage, arrested on last Friday, while attempting to escape.

According to him, this followed the arrest of Aliu Salami, 43, with 143.9 kilogrammes cannabis at Oke-Ata, Abeokuta South local government area of Ogun state last Wednesday.

He said “not even a bunch of talisman (charms) used by a trans-border drug dealer, Shu’aibu Salisu could save him and his gang as their consignment of 578 kilogrammes of cannabis meant for Niger Republic was intercepted in Kwara state on 8th February when two persons: Gambo Lawal and Ibrahim Mohammed were arrested while conveying the drug to someone in Charanchi, Katsina State.”

He added that a follow up operation led to the arrest of Salisu and two others; Sani Musa and Auwal Amina the day after at different locations within Kaita local government area of Katsina State.

Babafemi said in Benue State, a fake security agent, Mr. Dennis Emadiong was on Saturday arrested at NDLEA check point, Alaide, with 239 grammes of cannabis and 10 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition while on his way from Akwa Ibom to Maiduguri, Borno state.

Also in Benue, another suspect, Stephen Folorunsho was nabbed during a routine “Stop and Search Operation”, along Apir-Makurdi road with 147 compressed blocks of cannabis weighing 130 kilogrammes stuffed inside bales of used clothes popularly called Okrika on his way to Gombe State.

He said in Adamawa State, no fewer than 22,700 tablets of Tramadol and Exol-5 were seized in Numan area of the state from two drug dealers: Mmaduabuchibeya Kingsley and Onyeke Kenneth in separate raids last Thursday.

Meanwhile, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd)

while commending the officers and men of Sokoto, Gombe, Ogun, Kwara, Adamawa, Benue, MMIA Commands as well as those of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation, for their resilience in the various drug supply reduction efforts, charged them to remain on the offensive against the cartels.

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