Abuja, April 26, 2026 – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignment of Captagon, a highly potent stimulant, in Kwara State.
Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine-type stimulant widely abused in parts of the Middle East.
The drug produces intense euphoria, suppresses fatigue, and can keep users awake for days while reducing fear and increasing reckless behaviour.
Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
According to the statement, the drug, with street value of as much as $25 a pill, was intercepted in a passenger vehicle by NDLEA officers during a routine patrol along Bode Saadu Road on April 21, 2026.
“A search conducted on one of the passengers, 33-year-old Nasiru Mu’azu, led to the recovery of 10 packs of captagon consisting of 10,000 pills and nine packets of Tapentadol 250mg.”
In a separate operation at the same Bode Saadu patrol point on Friday, April 24 April, NDLEA officers intercepted a trailer marked RMY-70XA.
NDLEA operatives in Bode Saadu intercepted another trailer concealing a large cache of pharmaceuticals in a specially constructed hidden compartment at a checkpoint on April 24, 2026.
“A search of the truck led to the recovery of 155,900 capsules of Tramadol; 6,000 ampoules of Tramadol injection; 3,000 tablets of Co-Codamol; and 9,000 tablets of Bromazepam concealed in a false compartment constructed under the trailer,” the statement said.
Nine packets of Tapentadol, a potent opioid, were also recovered from the suspect.
A 24-year-old suspect, Aminu Isah, was arrested in connection with the seizure.
In Oyo State, NDLEA operatives intercepted a commercial bus with registration number MNA 963 ZY at Akinyele along the Ibadan–Oyo Expressway while en route to Sokoto on 21 April, 2026.
“A 33-year-old passenger, Eze Prince Emeka, was brought down from the vehicle and taken for a body scan, which confirmed ingestion of illicit drug.
“The suspect, who claims to be a businessman in Sokoto, was subsequently placed under close excretion observation during which he excreted a total of forty-five (45) pellets of cocaine with a total weight of 1.043 kilograms in three excretions,” Babafemi said.
“The decision to travel by road to Sokoto with the illicit drug in his stomach was to evade detection by NDLEA at the airport, while further investigation reveals that upon arrival in Sokoto, the suspect was to excrete the pellets, rest for a few days, and subsequently re-ingest the substances to continue the journey through the trans-Saharan routes, with Algeria as a transit point and possible final destination in Europe.”
In Edo State, two suspects were arrested with over 1.1 million pills of pharmaceutical opioids concealed in a truck bound for Onitsha.
In Lagos, a suspect was apprehended with 810 kilograms of a cannabis strain known as “Arizona,” while in Bauchi State, another individual was caught with 154.5 kilograms of skunk.
NDLEA operatives in Ekiti State recovered 466.8 kilograms of skunk from a residence, while in Cross River State, a joint operation with the military led to the destruction of 20,000 kilograms of cannabis cultivated across eight hectares of farmland.
NDLEA officers in Niger State also intercepted a suspect transporting 394 components used in the fabrication of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
The suspect and materials have been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further investigation.
