NDLEA seizes over 7.6 million tramadol tablets, 76,273kg of hashish in nationwide raids
The Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) says it has seized over 7.6 million tramadol tablets and 76,273.4 kilograms of hashish throughout intelligence-led operations carried out throughout a number of states.
The company disclosed this in an announcement issued on Sunday, 7 December 2025 by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja.
The raids comply with months of intensified surveillance because the company continues to dismantle drug trafficking networks working throughout city markets, inter-state highways and forested cultivation zones.
In response to the NDLEA, they uncovered a big warehouse at Oko market in Asaba, Delta state, the place 3,874,000 tablets of tramadol (225mg and 100mg), alongside different opioids and 252.2 litres of codeine syrup, had been recovered on 6 December.
Two days earlier, on 3 December, officers intercepted a car at Orogwe, alongside Onitsha–Owerri highway in Imo state, arresting 35-year-old Kelechi Nwakocha and recovering 1.2 million tablets of tramadol 225mg. In response to the company, the consignment was loaded in Aba and destined for Onitsha.
In Adamawa, a Toyota Hiace bus travelling from Jos was intercepted alongside the Maraba–Mubi route on 1 December. Officers found 1,577,112 capsules of tramadol and exol-5, hid in jumbo luggage combined with new rubber sandals. Two suspects, Kabiru Buba (25) and Hamza Abubakar (32), had been arrested. One other suspect, Mudansir Rabiu (27), was caught alongside Zaria–Kano highway with 197,000 tablets of exol-5.
A particular operations unit stormed forests in Omuo-Ekiti, the place 14,654kg of skunk was destroyed. Two suspects, Yusuf Iliyasu (50) and Okumu Chinedu (26), had been arrested.
On 2 December, one other crew raided forests in Asin-Ekiti, Ikole LGA, the place two giant warehouses had been razed. Officers destroyed 54,300kg of skunk and recovered an extra 28.3kg for prosecution functions.
The officers recovered 447.5kg of skunk from two Honda Accord automobiles at Agho forest, Akoko Edo LGA, arresting Dada Adedara Babawibi (56). One other raid at a warehouse in Isiefve group, Ohuwunde LGA, led to the seizure of 315.8kg of skunk and the arrest of Stanley Obasuwa.
Final week, NDLEA uncovered a WhatsApp-driven drug distribution ring in Lekki the place traffickers disguised Canadian Loud as imported Christmas cookies and snacks. Two suspects, Deji Adesanya and Olubiyi Majekodunmi, had been arrested after a raid in Ikate the place officers recovered 5 kilograms of Loud and designer sachets used for repackaging.
In Mushin, Lagos, one other seller, Philip Ucheka, was caught receiving 55.6kg of Loud. Throughout Oyo, Ondo, Kogi, Kano, Bauchi, Abuja, and the Seme border, NDLEA seized giant portions of skunk, tramadol, codeine, and pentazocine. The company additionally arrested suspects transporting ammunition alongside Abuja–Kaduna freeway.