No less than thirteen million, four hundred and fifty one thousand, four hundred and sixty six (13,451,466) pills of Tramadol 225mg worth eight billion eight hundred and sixty million naira (N8,860,000,000) in street value have been recovered by operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, from one of the mansions of a billionaire drug baron, Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, on the highbrow residential estate, Victoria Garden City, Lekki area of Lagos.<\/p>\n
According to Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, the arrest of Ugochukwu, who is the Chairman of Autonation Motors Ltd, was coming barely two months after NDLEA uncovered a methamphetamine clandestine laboratory in the residence of another drug kingpin on the estate, Chris Emeka Nzewi, who was arrested on Saturday, 30th July, along with a chemist, Sunday Ukah, who cooked the illicit drug for him.<\/p>\n
At least, 258.74 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and various precursor chemicals used for the production of the toxic drug were recovered from Nzewi\u2019s home during his arrest.<\/p>\n
Following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives, on Friday, 30th September, 2022, stormed the Plot A45, Road 2 home of the 52-year-old billionaire drug kingpin.<\/p>\n
A search of the expansive mansion led to the discovery of 443 cartons of Tramadol Hydrochloride 225mg, which contains 13, 451, 466 pills of the drug while some cartons were already burnt in a fire incident in the house on the same day.<\/p>\n
Before his arrest, Ugochukwu, who hails from Ihiala local government area of Anambra state, has been on the Agency\u2019s watchlist as one of those behind the tramadol drug cartel in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Preliminary investigation shows that he has about six mansions within the VGC, one of which he uses to warehouse the tramadol consignment, while he lives in the one at Plot Z-130, Road 67 and another as his office.<\/p>\n
Five exotic vehicles have also been located in two of his mansions, out of which two SUVs including a bulletproof jeep have been successfully removed to the Agency\u2019s facility.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the latest drug haul, Chairman\/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers and men involved in the operation for their diligence while also appreciating Nigerians for supporting the Agency in its arduous task of ridding the country of the menace of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
According to him, \u201cI will like to reassure Nigerians and other stakeholders wherever they are located across the country and beyond of our preparedness to work with them on this onerous task of saving our people from the drug scourge.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis partnership is a further warning to the drug barons and cartels that there is no hiding place for them anymore, because we remain on their trail and will always get them.\u201d<\/p>\n
No less than thirteen million, four hundred and fifty one thousand, four hundred and sixty six (13,451,466) pills of Tramadol 225mg worth eight billion eight hundred and sixty million naira…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n