NDLEA seizes 320,840 tramadol pills, arrests 75-year-old suspect

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a truck filled with opioids and other drugs hidden among building materials in Taraba State. They also arrested a 75-year-old man in Ebonyi and four women in separate raids across Edo, Imo, Kano, and Gombe states.

Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, shared this information in a statement on Sunday.

The interception in Taraba was based on reliable intelligence. The operatives found the truck transporting materials from Onitsha in Anambra State to Jalingo.

“A thorough search of the vehicle by NDLEA operatives at the Nukkai Timber Shade, Jalingo, led to the discovery of a massive drug stash concealed beneath the cargo, while a 22-year-old suspect, Buhari Abdullahi, was promptly arrested,” the statement said.

The truck contained “320,840 capsules of tramadol; 600 ampoules of pentazocine injection; 4,500 pills of rohypnol; and 299 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup.”

In Ebonyi State, NDLEA arrested Okebe Samuel, a 75-year-old man from Okposi. He was allegedly caught with 300 grams of skunk.

“Demonstrating that age is no barrier to the enforcement of the law, NDLEA operatives in Ebonyi State tracked down and arrested a 75-year-old grandpa, Okebe Samuel, at Okposi. The septuagenarian was found in possession of 300 grams of skunk, which he sells in retail sachets to the youth in his community,” the agency said.

In Imo State, NDLEA raided a drug spot in Umulolo, Orlu. They arrested a woman named Chioma Okeke, aged 32, and seized 8 kilograms of skunk.

In Edo State, the agency arrested four traffickers, including three women, during raids in Benin City on Tuesday, 2 June 2026. At Uyosa, Chioma Igba, aged 24, and Precious Ozomah, aged 22, were caught with “176 grams of skunk, 65 grams of Loud, and 5 grams of Methamphetamine.”

Along Agbor Road in Benin City, 21-year-old Anita Abraham was arrested with “95 grams of Scottish Loud and 329 grams of regular Loud.” Henry Okey, aged 43, was also caught at Upper Mission with various psychotropic substances.

In Kano State, NDLEA arrested 19-year-old Saifullahi Lawan in the Kafi area of Madobi on Thursday, 4 June 2026. He had “40 blocks of skunk weighing a total of 38 kilograms.”

In Gombe State, Ugwu Sabastine Ifebuchi, aged 28, was intercepted near Dantiti Plaza in Tumfure area with “15,000 capsules of tramadol.”

The agency also mentioned that its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) campaign continues in schools across Oyo, Lagos, Anambra, and Kano states.

Reacting to the operations, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), the NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, praised the officers involved.

“The War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands and formations equally continued across the country in the past week,” he stated.

He added that the agency “remains fully committed to dismantling drug supply chains and will continue to target traffickers regardless of age, gender, or concealment methods.”