NDLEA Seizes 13million Tramadol Pills from VGC Mansion of Lekki, Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized 13,451,466 Tramadol pills worth N8.86 billion in a residential building in the Victoria Garden City area of Lekki, Lagos State.

The recovery came some hours after a fire incident destroyed some cartons of the illicit drugs stored in the mansion.

This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and made available to Gentechnews.

Babafemi said, “About 13,451,466 pills of Tramadol 225mg worth N8,860,000,000 in street value have been recovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), from one of the mansions of Ugochukwu (surname withheld), in the highbrow residential estate, Victoria Garden City, 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 a drug kingpin in the estate, Chris (surname withheld), who was arrested on Saturday, July 30, 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 Chris’s home during his arrest,” the agency added.

“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 same day.