Nigeria Seizes 50,000 Pills Of Tramadol Being Transported To Lagos From Ghana

• Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized 50,000 pills of Tramadol 225mg being smuggled from Ghana
• The Tramadol pills were concealed in the body compartments of a bus believed to be heading to Lagos
• NDLEA Chairman commended the officers involved for their vigilance and effectiveness in intercepting the shipment

Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency seized 50,000 pills of Tramadol 225mg being smuggled from Ghana into Lagos.

The pills were hidden in a bus allegedly belonging to GUO Transport Company.

The Daily Post in Nigeria reported that the bus was stopped on November 16 along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

Further reports indicated that the bust drug highlights concerns over smuggling between the two West African countries.

Tramadol is popular with smugglers because of the demand for it.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Chairman, Buba Marwa, praised the vigilance that led to the bust.

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Marwa also assured that enforcement operations along border routes would be strengthened to halt smuggling into Nigeria.

Smuggling between Ghana and Nigeria

Earlier in November, it emerged that security agencies intercepted a consignment of smuggled mining explosives at a border in the Volta Region.

The explosives, believed to have been made in Nigeria, were transported by road and brought in through the Kpoglo border.

The Chronicle reported that the May 29 seizure was made by the security agencies at the Segbe Border Post, north of Aflao.

US Army personnel convicted for smuggling

YEN.com.gh reported that, Kojo Owusu Dartey, a Ghanaian in the US Army, was found guilty of smuggling guns into Ghana.

The smuggled guns were concealed in barrels of rice and other domestic items, according to court files.

His conviction followed collaboration between US law enforcement agencies and Ghanaian authorities.

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Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh