Nigeria’s Anti-narcotic Agency, the National Drugs Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drugs at a warehouse in a popular International Trade Fair Complex, Alaba, Ojo area of Lagos state, South West Nigeria.
The NDLEA’S spokesperson, Mr. Femi BabaFemi disclosed this in a press statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Items recovered from the warehouse owned by a wanted billionaire drug baron includes, 1.4 million pills of tramadol, 3.2 million pills of codeine and 2,841 cartons of codeine syrup with 28,410 litres of the psychoactive substance.
He said the items combined is valued at Four Billion, Eight Hundred and Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira.
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BabaFemi noted that a suspect, Paulinus Ojukwu, who is the Chief Security Officer to the wanted drug baron parading as automobile spare parts dealer, was arrested and now assisting the ongoing investigation.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives on Friday, 18th August intercepted Twenty Million US Dollar notes ($20 million) suspected to be counterfeit during a stop and search operation along Abaji – Lokoja road, within the Federal Capital Territory.
BabaFemi said the suspected fake money was recovered from a bus coming from Lagos to Abuja, while the 53-year-old driver of the vehicle, Onyebuchi Nlededin was arrested.
Also, similar operations by the NDLEA operatives led to the seizures of hard drugs and arrests of suspects in FCT, Sokoto, Osun, Imo and Enugu States during the last week’s operations.
While expressing his satisfaction with the professional conduct of the officers and men involved in Lagos and the affected commands, the Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, retired Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, charged operatives of the Lagos command to ensure that the fleeing baron is smoked out from his hiding to face charges.
