A 30-year-old man has been rounded up in Kano State for having 500 packets of tablets suspected to be tramadol.
Police spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, stated on Monday that a `stop-and-search’ team of the police found the suspected illicit drugs in the suspect’s car on Ahmadu Bello way, Kano.
“The suspect was driving the unregistered white Honda Accord, 2016 model when he was stopped for a search.
“Upon investigation, he said the car belonged to a friend, also resident in Kano.
“The friend requested him to hand over the car to a third person in another part of Kano, he claimed.
“The friend was subsequently arrested and he admitted ownership of the car which he said he used to transport the tramadol from Onitsha, Anambra, for sale in Kano,’’ SP Haruna-Kiyawa stated.
Police investigations continue, he added.
Tramadol has been banned in most parts of the country as it has many damning side effects which include: headache, dizziness, central nervous system stimulation, and nausea among others.
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