Oeratives from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have discovered a large warehouse filled with a substantial shipment of codeine-based syrup in the Comfort Oboh area of Kirikiri, Lagos.
The agency announced over the weekend that four individuals were involved in the importation and distribution of the opioid, following an intelligence-led raid on the facility in Lagos.
The suspects include Kingsley Amanambu Obumneke, 38; Emeka Emmanuel, 48; Bornaventure Ugochukwu, 59; and Martin Dike, 56.
The agency’s director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, reported that a total of 82,000 bottles of the opioid, valued at over N600 million on the street, were confiscated. Additionally, a Toyota Tacuma truck and two buses used for distributing the substance were recovered during the operation conducted by NDLEA officers on Monday, June 10, 2024.
In another operation, the NDLEA’s Special Operation Unit dismantled a cartel led by a drug baron, 49-year-old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi, and his 50-year-old elder sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi. The siblings were arrested, and cocaine and methamphetamine consignments worth over N4.1 billion in street value were seized from their hideout in Aba, Abia state.
