National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a billionaire Tramadol trafficker, Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, who was found in possession of 13,451, 446 million pills of the outlawed drug worth a street value of N8.8b.
The drugs seized from the suspect who is Autonation Motors chairman were found in a mansion in the highbrow residential estate, Victoria Garden City, Lekki area of Lagos.
His arrest is coming on the heels of another suspected 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.
NDLEA chairman Mohamed Buba Marwa praised his agents for the arrests and called on Nigerians to assist in the the NDLEA’s quest to rid the country of hard drugs consumption.
“I’ll 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.
“This 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 we’ll always get them,” said Buba Marwa a retired army Brigadier General.
