Codeine Syrup

NDLEA Arrests Thailand Returnee with ₦3.2bn Worth of Heroin at Lagos Airport

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 29-year-old graduate, Oguejiofor Nnaemeka Simonpeter, for allegedly smuggling heroin valued at over ₦3.192 billion into Nigeria. According to a statement released by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi on Sunday, Simonpeter, a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra State, recently returned from … Read more

NDLEA Intercepts ₦9bn Worth of Drugs, Arrests Multiple Suspects Across Nigeria

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 13.298 million opioid pills, including Tramadol, Tramaking Quick Action, Tamol-X, Royal Tapentadol, and Carisoprodol, along with 338,253 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup, at the Onne Port in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to a statement by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the seized drugs have … Read more

Ex-Beauty Queen, Aderinoye Christmas Surrenders to NDLEA After Eight-Month Manhunt

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Aderinoye Queen Christmas, a former beauty queen, has turned herself in to the Lagos State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after being on the run for about eight months. Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, confirmed the development in a statement released on Sunday. He revealed that Aderinoye, … Read more

NAFDAC, LASEPA Neutralise, Destroy 260,000 Litres of Codeine Syrup

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LASEPA’s Effluent Treatment Plant was put in place by the state government for the destruction of expired, adulterated, hazardous products, among others Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) in collaboration with National Agency For Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has neutralised and destroyed 260,000 litres of codeine-containing syrup. … Read more

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