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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 354,000 tablets of Tapentadol.
Also, a South African woman allegedly trafficking 32.74 kilogrammes of cannabis, and several consignments of illicit drugs was arrested in nationwide operations.
The agency also arrested an 83-year-old grandmother, Uloma Uchechi Sunday, months after she was convicted for a similar drug-related offence, while operatives recovered firearms and ammunition during a raid in Plateau state.
At the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers state, NDLEA operatives, working with the Nigeria Customs Service, arrested a South African woman, Gebashe Sithandiwe Jessie, with 30 parcels of Thai Loud, a cannabis strain, weighing 32.74 kilogrammes.
The suspect reportedly arrived from Thailand through Doha aboard a Qatar Airways flight, with the drugs concealed in two travelling bags.
According to Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, she confessed to having previously trafficked drugs through other African countries before allegedly extending her operations to Port Harcourt.
At the Import Shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, operatives intercepted 354,000 tablets of Tapentadol 250mg weighing 307.20 kilogrammes.
The consignment, comprising nine cartons shipped from Pakistan aboard a Royal Air Maroc flight, was placed under surveillance following its arrival on September 29. A joint examination conducted on October 6 uncovered the tablets.
In another operation at the Lagos airport, operatives intercepted 70 parcels of Colorado, a synthetic cannabinoid, weighing 75.90 kilogrammes in six Ghana-Must-Go bags contained in a consolidated cargo from the United Kingdom.
A clearing agent, John Edrah, 54, was arrested on September 30, while other suspects linked to the consignment were identified as Taofiq Ajibola, 54, an Uber driver; Adetunji Adebayo; and Kazeem Damola Dosunmu, 48, a clothing trader.
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