NDLEA discovers 13m tramadol pills stashed in Lagos mansion

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered 13 million tramadol pills in a mansion in the Lekki area of Lagos state.

Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the building, which is situated in Victoria Garden City (VGC), was raided on Monday.

He said the “massive and beautiful” building was used to “warehouse over 13 million pills of Tramadol 225mg” by a drug baron.

In a post on his Facebook page, Babafemi said the drug baron has been arrested and is now in the custody of the NDLEA.

The bust adds to the long list of successes recorded by the anti-drug agency in recent months.

On September 19, the NDLEA seized 1.8 tonnes of cocaine worth “N194 billion” in Lagos.

The drugs were discovered in a warehouse in the Ikorodu area of the state.

Babafemi had said the development “appears to be the biggest singular cocaine seizure” in the agency’s history.

President Muhammadu Buhari, who was attending the United Nations general assembly (UNGA) at the time, had congratulated Buba Marwa, chairman of the NDLEA, over the seizure.

“I deeply appreciate the work that you have put into the eradication of the drug menace. It gladdens my heart as I continue to follow the successes achieved under your leadership,” Buhari was quoted as saying.

“You have demonstrated over and again that choosing you to lead this fight against wicked merchants of death whose sole aim is to endanger and truncate the future of our youth is a very good choice.”