The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Sunday said its operatives have intercepted a consignment of an amphetamine-based drug, Captagon, in Kwara State.

Captagon, a highly addictive stimulant commonly used in the Middle East, is known for inducing prolonged wakefulness, euphoria and reduced fear.

Authorities say it is often linked to criminal networks and insurgent groups.

NDLEA said the interception followed an earlier bust at the Apapa seaport in Lagos.

This was made known in a statement issued by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

The statement said operatives on patrol along Bode Saadu Road on April 21, 2026, intercepted a passenger, Nasiru Mu’azu, 33, in a trailer.

According to the statement, a search led to the recovery of 10 packs of Captagon comprising 10,000 pills, as well as nine packets of Tapentadol 250mg.

In a separate operation at the same patrol point on April 24, NDLEA operatives intercepted another trailer and recovered 155,900 capsules of tramadol, 6,000 ampoules of tramadol injection, 3,000 tablets of co-codamol and 9,000 tablets of bromazepam concealed in a false compartment. A suspect, Aminu Isah, 24, was arrested.

In Oyo State, NDLEA officers intercepted a commercial bus along the Ibadan/Oyo Expressway on April 21. A passenger, Eze Prince Emeka, 33, was subjected to a body scan, which confirmed ingestion of illicit drugs. He later excreted 45 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.043 kilograms over three sessions.

The suspect reportedly intended to transport the drugs to Europe through trans-Saharan routes, using Algeria as a transit point after initial delivery in Sokoto.

In Edo State, NDLEA operatives on April 25 intercepted a truck along the Benin/Lagos expressway carrying 1,196,000 pills of pharmaceutical opioids. Two suspects, Osagie Igbinibo, 43, and Omijie Malik, 44, were arrested. The consignment was reportedly headed to Onitsha, Anambra State.

Other operations across the country led to additional seizures and arrests.

In Lagos, a suspect, Rasheed Ibuowo, 40, was apprehended with 810 kilograms of cannabis. In Bauchi State, Muktar Bello, 35, was arrested with 288 blocks of skunk weighing 154.5kg.

In Ekiti State, 466.8kg of skunk was recovered from a residence, while NDLEA operatives destroyed 20,000kg of cannabis cultivated on farmland in Cross River State.

In Niger State, 394 components suspected to be for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were seized from a suspect, Mohammed Aliyu, 26, who has been handed over to relevant security agencies.

NDLEA Chairman, Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended officers involved in the operations and described the Captagon seizure as a significant disruption of drug trafficking networks.

He warned that the drug remains a target for traffickers due to its links to violence and insecurity, adding that the agency would sustain efforts to prevent its spread.