Indian manufacturers have rebranded the opioid Tramadol to Tafrodol to evade detection by customs officials at ports and borders in Nigeria, a report by Enactafrica has revealed. While the name change makes the drug look like Tramadol, Tafrodol contains two ingredients that should not be combined and can reportedly cause respiratory infection, coma and even […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, operatives raided a Lagos warehouse and seized controlled drugs, such as Tramadol, valued at N105.6 million. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. She explained that NAFDAC carried out substantive surveillance on nefarious activities […]
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A yet to be identified kidnapper who slept off at his victim’s shop after taking tramadol is reportedly still sleeping six days after he was arrested by the Ondo State Police Command. The suspect, who was arrested on Sunday attempted to kidnap a pharmaceutical shop owner in Owo town. He had operated with three other […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service has impounded a trailer load of tramadol and cannabis sativa along the Lagos-Benin expressway. The seizure was made by men of the Customs Federal Operations Unit, Zone C, in line with the Federal Government’s onslaught on the ban on tramadol and other heinous drugs in the country. Zonal Controller of FOU […]
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A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced a businessman, Ifeanyi Ezeanwu, to five years imprisonment, over importation of a container load of Tramadol and other sex enhancing drugs. The convict was sentenced by Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari, after the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC) had reviewed the facts of the […]
Continue ReadingThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has impounded four tonnes of imported Tramadol tablets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The MMIA Commandant of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Garba, told journalists on Thursday that the drug was imported in two batches from India and was recovered at the shed of one of the grounds handling […]
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The Tincan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has detained one suspect in connection with importation of 40 and 20 feet containers loaded with Tramadol tablets allegedly smuggled from India. The controller of the Command, Musa Abdullah, said on Tuesday that the seizure came against the backdrop of the ban on codeine syrup by […]
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