Facts have emerged how informants led the operatives of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to a warehouse owned by a Billionaire drug baron and recovered hard drugs worth N4.8b in Lagos State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports as was disclosed by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who stated that the warehouse was located in the popular International Trade Fair Complex, Alaba, Ojo area of Lagos.
He stated that NDLEA operatives raided the warehouse owned by a wanted billionaire drug baron on Saturday, 19th August, 2023 and arrested his Chief Security Officer, Paulinus Ojukwu, during the operation.
Babafemi stated that the raid yielded results as 1.4 million pills of tramadol (225mg), weighing 826kg and 3.2 million pills of codeine with gross weight of 3,360kg was recovered.
He also stated that 2,841 cartons of codeine syrup containing 28,410 litres of the substance in 284,100 bottles were also recovered from the warehouse.
“The drugs have a combined street value of ₦4,820,500,000,’’ he stated.
“During the operation that lasted for several hours, a suspect, Paulinus Ojukwu, the Chief Security Officer to the wanted drug baron, was arrested and was assisting in ongoing investigation.”
“The wanted drug baron and operator of the warehouse parades himself as an automobile spare parts dealer.
Babafemi stated that the latest drug warehouse bust is coming on the heels of the arrest of a drug baroness, Faith Nwankwo, who was nabbed on Wednesday, 9th August, 2023 with 2.8 million pills of `tramaking’.
“Tramaking’ is a brand of tramadol in 225mg and 250mg.
“Some of the drugs were recovered from Faith’s residence at House 6, C close, 3rd Avenue, FESTAC Town area of Lagos.
“Others were recovered from her warehouse located at Plot 3432 Sola Akinsola Street, Divine Estate, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos,’’ Babafemi stated.
The traders at the trade fair complex have revealed how the NDLEA knew that there was such huge sums of money of the drugs following some informants who knew about the importation of the drugs and informed the NDLEA.