The anti-narcotics agency also said that it was unable to trace the importer of the illicit drugs while no clearing agent showed up to clear the drugs, which was imported into the country in two batches from Indian.
The seized consignments were imported into the country through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) airline, Etihad Cargo.
Mr. Ahmadu Garba, the MMIA Commandant told journalists today at the airport that the agency was able to get hold of the drugs through its foreign intelligent partner who notified it of the impending arrival of the illicit drugs.
He declared that the approved milligrams for Tramador by the Federal Government was 50m and 100m, but decried that the seized consignment was 250m, which indicated that the importer internationally imported the high milligrams for wrong purpose.
According to Garba, the first batch of the two consignments arrived Nigeria on April 23, 2018 while the second consignment arrived on April 25 at the airport.
He explained that the two consignments arrived in four waybills while the fifth waybill arrived its command yesterday.
He added that the command only got hold of the consignment on Thursday after the owners refused to come forward for clearance.
He explained that its officials had layed siege at the shed of the ground handling company since the first batch of the consignments arrived the country and waited for the importer or the clearing agent to come forward for clearance, but no one came to claim them.
He said: “We collected the consignments from the Skyway Aviation Handling Limited (SAHCOL) shed today (Thursday) and we got to know of the consignment even before it arrived the country through our foreign intelligence. Since then, we have been monitoring it and waited for either the importer or any clearing agent to come forward for clearance, but no one came.
‘The approved dosage for Tramador is between 50m and 100m, but what the importer brought into the country was 250m, which is above the approved milligrams by the government. The total waybills were five.
Garba disclosed further that the command had made a total seizure of 187.22kgs of illicit drugs between January and April this year.
The breakdown of the seizures indicated that cocaine was 1.88kg, heroin; 4.48kg, cannabis Sativa; 15.64kg, methamphetamine; 41.06kg, ephedrine; 89.06kg and, phenacetin with 8.2k.
He gave the street value of a kilogramme of cocaine at N7.5m, heroin; N5m while a wrap of cannabis is sold for N50 on the streets.
He vowed that the command would continue to curb the activities of drug barons through the ingenuity of its officers.
