Crime
NDLEA arrests Indian businessman for ‘smuggling 134,700 bottles of codeine’
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Vyapak Nutal, an Indian businessman, for allegedly smuggling 134,700 bottles of codeine syrup into the country.
In a statement yesterday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, said the suspect allegedly loaded trucks with the syrup in Benin Republic.
He was said to have come in through the border of Niger Republic and arrived Sokoto in Nigeria.
“Settled in a hotel in Sokoto state, credible intelligence reveals that Nutal began to look for buyers for the controlled drug,” the statement reads.
“While operatives were on his trail, officers of the Department of State Services were able to apprehend him and swiftly handed him over to NDLEA on Wednesday, 10th February, 2022.”





