The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered an expensive mansion in Lagos stashed with about 13 million tramadol pills with a street worth of N8.8 billion.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency declared in a statement released in the early hour on Monday that about 13,451,466 tramadol pills were recovered in a blockbuster operation.
According to the statement released by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the mansion where the drugs were recovered belonged to a billionaire drug baron, Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, who was in custody.
Babafemi further stated that the mansion which was located in the Lekki area of Lagos State was not occupied by occupied humans.
Part of the statement read “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 225 mg, 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”.
Babafemi added that 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.
He also noted that Babafemi has about six mansions within the VGC one of which he uses to warehouse the tramadol consignment.
Investors King learnt that five exotic vehicles were also located in two of the mansions which include a bulletproof jeep.
It would be recalled that in September 2022, the law enforcement agency busted a warehouse in a secluded estate in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, where over N194 billion worth of cocaine were seized.
Me Babafemi said the illicit drugs, which were 1.8 tons (1,855 kilogrammes), were worth more than $278.2 million, an equivalent of N194.7 billion in street value.