The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three suspects and seized large quantities of pharmaceutical opioids and cannabis in separate operations in Delta and Oyo states.
In a statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA Headquarters, Femi Babafemi, the agency said a 51-year-old suspect, Peter Ugochukwu, was arrested in Warri, Delta State, with a large cache of pharmaceutical opioids.
The seized substances include 29,350 capsules of tramadol, 6,620 tablets of tramadol 200mg, 4,116 bottles of codeine syrup, 11,340 tablets of Rohypnol, 3,500 tablets of diazepam, 300 ampoules of pentazocine injection and 200 ampoules of diazepam injection.
Quantities of tramadol 225mg, Molly and Cocodamol were also recovered.
The suspect was transferred to the NDLEA alongside a white Hummer bus by the Nigeria Police Force in Delta State.
In a separate operation at Enhere Junction, Warri, NDLEA operatives arrested a 46-year-old physically challenged woman, Helen Bakporo Samson, on Monday, October 19, with six kilogrammes of skunk, a potent strain of cannabis.
In Oyo State, operatives arrested 41-year-old Fajana Dada Oluwaseyi at Adamasingba, Ibadan, on Monday, October 19.
The agency said the arrest followed his initial escape from arrest after NDLEA operatives seized 197.8 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa from his residence on September 16.