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  • Updated: October 03, 2022

Tramadol Bust: NDLEA Arrests Lagos Billionaire Drug Baron

Tramadol Bust: NDLEA Arrests Lagos Billionaire Drug Baron

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a billionaire drug baron, Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, in the highbrow residential estate, Victoria Garden City, Lekki area of Lagos.

The disclosure was made after the discovery of 13 million pills of Tramadol in a mansion belonging to Chukwukadibia.

Speaking in a statement on Monday, NDLEA Director of Media, Femi Babafemi revealed that operatives of the agency had last Friday stormed Plot A45 Road 2, the home of the 52-year-old billionaire drug kingpin after credible intelligence.

 “No less than N13,451,466 pills of Tramadol 225mg worth 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, in the highbrow residential estate, Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lekki area of Lagos.

“The arrest of Ugochukwu, who is the Chairman of Autonation Motors Ltd, is coming barely two months after NDLEA uncovered a methamphetamine clandestine laboratory in the residence of another drug kingpin in 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. At least 258.74 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and various precursor chemicals used for the production of the toxic drug were recovered from Nzewi’s home during his arrest.

“Following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives on Friday 30th September stormed the Plot A45 Road 2 home of the 52-year-old billionaire drug kingpin.

"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 the same day”, the statement reads.

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