The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, for smuggling 134,700 bottles of codeine syrup into the country.
The suspect smuggled the drugs through the Nigeria and Niger Republic land border.
This was declined by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday.
He said the suspect, who settled in a hotel in Sokoto State, began to scout for buyers for the controlled drug.
The suspect had loaded the consignment into trucks in Cotonou, Benin Republic, and drove through the land borders via Niger Republic before entering Sokoto through the Illela border, Babafemi said.
He said operatives of the Department of State Security apprehend and swiftly handed him over to the NDLEA on Wednesday, February 10, 2022.