The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend seized multi-billion naira worth of illicit drugs at a warehouse tucked in the midst of popular International Trade Fair Complex, Alaba, Ojo area of Lagos.

A statement released by the media officer of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday disclosed that 1.4 million pills of tramadol 225mg; 3.2 million pills of codeine; and 2,841 cartons of codeine syrup – with a combined street value of Four Billion Eight Hundred and Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N4,820,500,000), were recovered from the warehouse owned by a wanted billionaire drug baron.

He said that during the operation that lasted hours, a suspect, Paulinus Ojukwu, who is Chief Security Officer to the wanted drug baron who parades as automobile spare parts dealer, was arrested and now assisting ongoing investigation.

The latest drug warehouse bust is coming on the heels of the arrest of a drug baroness, Faith Ebele Nwankwo, who was nabbed on Wednesday 9th August with Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand (2,750,000) pills of tramaking, a brand of tramadol 225mg and 250mg recovered from her residence at Festac, and a warehouse located at Amuwo Odofin, both in Lagos.