{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_rn6jqngise7d7gkb3bia","title":"NDLEA Seizes 2.55m Opioid Pills Worth Over N3bn At Lagos Airport","title_en":null,"outlets":5,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/ndlea-intercepts-n3bn-opioids-at-lagos-airport-arrests-man-with-72-rn6jqngise","count":5,"items":[{"id":"n_6dm33b4r5kns5kpmqlvq","seq":380156,"kind":"article","title":"NDLEA Seizes 2.55m Opioid Pills Worth Over N3bn At Lagos Airport","url":"https://leadership.ng/ndlea-seizes-2-55m-opioid-pills-worth-over-n3bn-at-lagos-airport","summary":"National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 2.55 million pills of pharmaceutical opioids with a combined gross weight of 1,640.55 kilogrammes worth N3 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The seizure, described by the agency as one of its biggest opioid hauls this year, was made on Tuesday, September 22, during […]","published":"2026-09-28T07:58:50Z","seen":"2026-09-28T08:44:55Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-leadership-ng-7cf8fd","name":"leadership.ng","domain":"leadership.ng","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q6508643","name":"Leadership","type":"newspaper","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-leadership-ng-7cf8fd","topics":["news"],"authors":["Ejike Ejike"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1043631","name":"Murtala Muhammed International Airport","type":"place"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_rn6jqngise7d7gkb3bia","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.5199999809265137,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5199999809265137,"political":0.20999999344348907},{"id":"n_updc5e22booaqkbrbvca","seq":353480,"kind":"article","title":"NDLEA intercepts N3bn opioids at Lagos airport, arrests Togolese traffickers","url":"https://blueprint.ng/ndlea-intercepts-n3bn-opioids-at-lagos-airport-arrests-togolese-traffickers","published":"2026-09-28T05:08:00Z","seen":"2026-09-28T06:06:31Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"blueprint.ng","name":"blueprint.ng","domain":"blueprint.ng","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q4930412","name":"Blueprint Newspaper","type":"newspaper","country":"NG","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["economy","crime","politics"],"authors":["Paul Okah"],"entities":[{"id":"Q8673","name":"Lagos","type":"place"},{"id":"Q139924850","name":"Opioids","type":"other"},{"id":"Q97466048","name":"Togolese","type":"place"}],"story":"st_rn6jqngise7d7gkb3bia","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.36000001430511475,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"positive","tone":-0.5099999904632568,"political":0.20000000298023224},{"id":"n_ruikstfd7euej2zyrrha","seq":282983,"kind":"article","title":"NDLEA intercepts N3bn opioids at Lagos airport, arrests man with 72 cocaine wraps","url":"https://thisday.com.ng/ndlea-intercepts-n3bn-opioids-at-lagos-airport-arrests-man-with-72-cocaine-wraps","summary":"The seizure adds to a series of major opioid interceptions reported at the Lagos airport this year. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 2.55 million tablets of opioids worth more than N3 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. 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