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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 6,125 cartons of codeine syrup containing 1,050,000 bottles of the opioid worth over N7.35 billion in street value at the Port Harcourt Ports complex, Onne, Rivers State.
According to a statement issued by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, the seizure was made from six containers last Saturday and was the third of such in the past four weeks.
He noted that the success was recorded following credible intelligence and diligent tracking of the consignments from their point of departure by a special operations unit of NDLEA, which worked in partnership with the Port Harcourt Ports Command of the agency and other security agencies including the Customs Service for a 100 percent joint examination of the targeted containers.
Babafemi said at the end of the joint examination of the six containers, a total of 6,125 cartons containing…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
