The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) of the Nigeria Police, based in Alagbon, Lagos, caught 11 people for pretending to be others and taking imported drugs.
ASP Aminat Mayegun, the spokesperson for the department, shared this news on Monday in Lagos.
She explained that these people, along with others who haven’t been caught yet, worked together to steal two trucks from Manfes Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. These trucks were carrying 5,000 packs of Tramadol 100mg capsules.
After the drugs were cleared at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, the suspects took the trucks and disappeared to a secret place.
ASP Mayegun said that Mr. Nonso Nwaebili, representing the pharmaceutical company in Anambra, reported the case as a complaint to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police at the FCID Annex.
She added that the complaint said these armed criminals pretended to be soldiers and wore jackets from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
After getting the complaint, the anti-drug team of the department was told to investigate.
The spokesperson also mentioned that a letter was sent to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Yaba to check if the company really had permission to import Tramadol 100mg capsules. NAFDAC confirmed it.
Mayegun said that the CP Special Squad from Lagos State Command had already found some of the stolen Tramadol and arrested some of the people involved before FCID took over the case.