The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered no less than Thirteen Million, Four Hundred and Fifty One Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Six (13,451,466) pills of Tramadol 225mg from one of the mansions of a billionaire drug baron, Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, in the Victoria Garden City, Lekki area of Lagos.
According to a statement by Media Director of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi in Abuja on Monday, the seized drugs are worth Eight Billion Eight Hundred and Sixty Million Naira (N8,860,000,000) in street value.
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has learned that before his arrest, Ugochukwu who hails from Ihiala local government area of Anambra state has been on the Agency’s watchlist as one of those behind the tramadol drug cartel in Nigeria.
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.
