{
  "id": 6004842,
  "title": "NDLEA busts drug-laden fuel tanker, recovers 2m opioid pills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/ndlea-busts-drug-laden-fuel-tanker-recovers-2m-opioid-pills",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T16:01:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/ndlea-busts-drug-laden-fuel-tanker-recovers-2m-opioid-pills/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized a significant amount of illegal drugs, including 2,145kg of cannabis and over two million opioid pills, in a series of coordinated operations across various states in Nigeria. The agency also arrested a former cocaine trafficker who had returned to the drug trade after serving a five-year prison sentence. In Lagos, a 20,000-litre fuel tanker, flagged down in Akoko/Lokoja Expressway, was intercepted by NDLEA operatives who found 165 bags of cannabis weighing 2,145kg hidden inside. Additionally, large consignments of tramadol, methamphetamine, cocaine, codeine, and other psychotropic substances were seized from different locations.",
  "summary": "Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a 20,000-litre fuel tanker fitted with a concealed compartment containing 2,145kg of cannabis and recovered more than two million pills of opioids in coordinated operations. The agency also arrested a convicted cocaine trafficker who allegedly returned to the illicit drug trade after serving a […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}