NDLEA intercepts N3.4bn Loud, opioids, arrests fake police officer, mechanic-drug dealer

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted more than 1.3 million pills and capsules of tramadol and other opioids, as well as 6,000kg of cannabis strains, with a combined street value of over N3.4 billion in operations across eight states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The agency also arrested several suspects, including a 49-year-old man who allegedly impersonated a senior police officer to evade security checks while transporting illicit drugs across state lines.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, saying the operations were conducted in Lagos, Edo, Niger, Delta, Ondo, Gombe and Imo States, as well as the F...