Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have uncovered One Million, Seven Hundred and Sixty Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty (1,760,460) pills of Tramadol and other opioids concealed in Indomie noodles packs.
The illicit drugs were intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos as well as in Gombe state.
While over 600,000 pills of Tramadol 225mg coming from Karachi, Pakistan in two separate shipments on Ethiopian Airlines flights were also intercepted at the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th December; 5,960 pills of Rohypnol concealed in 60 packs of indomie noodles going to Johannesburg, South Africa were also seized at the SAHCO export shed of the airport on Wednesday 14th December.
A female freight agent, Olaleye Adeola has already been arrested in connection with the noodles consignment.
Watch the moment the illicit drugs were uncovered below:
