N19million Worth Of Illicit Drugs Concealed In Indomie Noodles' Cartons Discovered By NDLEA In Adamawa

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N19million Worth Of Illicit Drugs Concealed In Indomie Noodles' Cartons Discovered By NDLEA

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Adamawa Command, has found illicit drugs that were concealed in noodles’ cartons in a shop in Mubi. The drugs worth about N19million.

Mr. Yakubu Kibo, the NDLEA’s state Commander who made the disclosure shortly after showing the exhibits on Thursday in Yola, said the drugs weigh about 1.31 tonnes and also have a street value of more than N19 million.

A suspect, John Ugwu, who owned the shop opposite Mubi General Hospital, was detained. After a thorough search, 183 Indomie noodles’ cartons were discovered.

The cartons were opened and they contained 1.316 tonnes of Tramadol 225 mg tablets, which were meant to be distributed across different Northern states.

The NDLEA had earlier warned Nigerians on the abuse of Tramadol and raised an alarm that the drug is being consumed mostly in the Northern part of the country. According to the drugs enforcement agency, about 2 truckloads of the drugs were intercepted in January in the South West en-route the North.

Drug abuse is quite rampant across the country and it has been an issue of concern for the government in the past few year as many more youths are taking to the street with more exposure to the usage of these illicit drugs.

Some people have even laid the blame on Nigerian celebrities as they claim that they promote the usage of these drugs in their songs and music videos.

Remember that some few weeks back, Tinsel star Lala Akindoju had come online to berate Nigerian artistes for their promotion of hard drugs in their songs and she is even more concerned on the fact that nobody is doing anything about it as it seems that everyone seems to be comfortable with such promotion.

She would not be the only Nigerian celebrity to talk against the use of hard drugs among the youth. Ace comedian, Okey Bakassi even claimed that over 70% of Nigerian entertainers use hard drugs.

According to him, the rate of drug abuse and consumption in Nigeria is alarming and what is more worrisome is the high number of Nigerian celebrities engaging in illicit drugs, which he said was bad influence on the youths.

Source ShowBiz

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