NDLEA SECURES FORFEITURE OF N33.6 BILLION WORTH OF OPIOIDS INTERCEPTED AT ONNE PORT. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE

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 NDLEA secures forfeiture of N33.6 billion worth of opioids intercepted at Onne Port - Court order a death knell for the financial nerves of drug cartels, says Marwa  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured another significant win in its ongoing offensive against drug cartels as the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, granted an interim forfeiture order for 17 containers laden with illicit opioids Worth over N33.6 billion in street value. The containers, which were intercepted at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex in Onne, Rivers State, on 4h September; 14th August; 13th August; 29th July: 13th June; 30th May; 29th May; 28th May; 20th May; 19th May; 14th May and 29th April, all in 2025, contain a staggering haul of Nineteen Million Six Hundred Thousand (19,600,000) pills of Tramadol, Tafrodol, Tapentadol and Carisoprodol, as well as Two Million Four Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand Four Hundred (2,496,400) bottles of Codeine Syrup. The combined street value of ...

ILLEGAL OIL BUNKERING; COURT ORDERS FRESH TRIAL OF BLUE DOLPHIN LIMITED,OTHERS.{PHOTO}.

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      Justice Philomena Ekpe of the Court of Appeal, Calabar division, Cross Rivers State, on Monday, May 18, 2020 set aside the decision of a Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, which acquitted Edward Odey Oluohu, Frank Asuquo Okon, Godwin Etim Anwanadung and their companies, Blue Dolphin Limited and Lib-Zone Petroleum Limited, in a case of alleged oil bunkering brought before it by the Uyo Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. .
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The EFCC on May 22, 2018 arraigned Oluohu alongside Okon, Anwanadung and their companies, Blue Dolphin Limited and Lib-Zone Petroleum Limited before Justice F. O. Riman of the Federal High Court, Uyo, on a 6-count charge bordering on conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products.
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When arraigned, the accused persons pleaded "not guilty" to all the counts, setting the stage for their trial which commenced on June 22, 2018.In the course of trial, the prosecution, through its counsel, Nwandu Ukoha presented three witnesses and tendered 14 exhibits which were all admitted in evidence. The defence counsel, Ime Umana moved a 'No Case Submission' arguing that the evidence against his clients were not sufficient to justify the continuation of trial and urged the court to discharge and acquit them.

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