The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered another drug cartel which warehoused 16 million pills of Tramadol in cartons worth about N8.8 billion inside a mansion in Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lekki, Lagos.
The operatives of NDLEA arrested the alleged drug baron identified as Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, 52, he was said to be the owner of the mansion where the drugs were warehoused.
In a statement released by the Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, Ugochukwu, who reported to be the chairman, Autonation Motors Ltd, was arrested following credible intelligence that led operatives to raid the warehouse.
The statement read: “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 same day.
“Before his arrest, Ugochukwu who hails from Ihiala local government area of Anambra state has been on the agency’s watch list as one of those behind the tramadol drug cartel in Nigeria.”
The statement further read: “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.
“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’s facility.
The NDLEA Spokesman also tweeted that:
“Another VGC drug bust! As massive and beautiful this mansion located in highbrow VGC Lekki Lagos, pictured here looks, it’s not occupied by humans.
“Used to warehouse over 13million pills of Tramadol 225mg by another billionaire drug baron now in @ndlea_nigeria net”,
You would recall that the NDLEA also recently bursted a warehouse in Ikorodu and made some arrests.
