National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized two hundred and forty-one million Tramadol tablets in eleven containers, weighing one hundred and eighteen metric tonnes.

The agency had earlier uncovered three hundred and forty million Tramadol tablets in twelve containers last thursday at the port.

According to its Head of Public Affairs, Jonah Achema, the seizure was made at the Apapa Port in Lagos, saying the agency will not relent until the country is freed from drug abuse and consumption.

The containers had been on the watch-list of the NDLEA since November 2017.

They were taken to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for search, based on the agency’s reasonable suspicion that they contained the drug.

Achema said that there were 39 more containers that were lined up for search as the agency strongly suspected that they contained illicit drugs.

“This brings to 581 million Tramadol tablets uncovered within two days of the search. The search is still ongoing. We shall continue tomorrow as well,” he said.

Achema added that the agency would not relent until the country was freed from drug abuse and consumption.