Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, a man described as a billionaire drug baron, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Victoria Garden City, Lekki, Lagos.

In a statement released by the agency on its official Facebook page on Monday, it disclosed that Ugochukwu, who had been on its list of wanted people for long, was arrested on September 30 for being the arrowhead of a drug smuggling syndicate in the country.

Chukwukadibia, 52, was said to be the leader of a tramadol-circulating cartel in Nigeria.

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“Before his arrest, Ugochukwu (Chukwukadibia) 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,” the statement reads.

“Preliminary investigation shows that he has about six mansions within the VGC, one of which he uses to warehouse the tramadol consignments, while he lives in the one at Plot Z-130 Road 67 and another as his office.

“Five exotic vehicles have also been located in two of his mansions, out of which two SUVs including a bullet jeep have been successfully removed to the Agency’s facility.”

The agency said it acted on a credible tip-off that its officials storm Chukwukadibia’s residence on the day he was arrested.

“Following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives on Friday, September 30, stormed the Plot A45 Road 2 home of the 52-year-old billionaire drug kingpin,” the statement further reads.

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“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’.”

From the operation, the agency said it successfully recovered cartons of tramadol worth N8.8 billion in terms of street value.