Charles Eze lived with his family in London, United Kingdom until December 10, 2022 when he returned to Nigeria after his involvement in a drug related offence, an investigation by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) revealed on Sunday.
Things however, changed for Eze on May 16,
when operatives of the NDLEA intercepted an “illicit drug consignment weighing
30.10 kilograms with a street value of N567million”.
The large consignment of methamphetamine, was
concealed in powdered custard containers as part of a consolidated cargo going
to London.
Consequently, the operatives at the SAHCO
export shed of the Lagos International airport carried out a follow-up
operations, and arrested a freight agent, Nwobodo Chidiebere and a female
suspect, Chioma Akuta.
Two days after, on May 18, operatives of the
NDLEA tracked Eze, the drug lord behind the shipment to Sotel Suites in Amuwo
Odofin, Lagos where he was lodged as a guest.
“Eze claims he’s a businessman and deals in
articles in Onitsha, Anambra State,” the NDLEA revealed in a statement signed
by its spokesperson, Femi BabaFemi.
Eze also claimed to have been living in
hotels since his return to Nigeria last December, but the NDLEA tracked his
residence to a mansion located at No. 1 Hawawu Abikan Street, Lekki, on May 19.
The agency said its operatives had conducted
a search and recovered his travel and property documents among others.
Reacting to the development, the
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Mohammed Marwa had commended
operatives for tracking and arresting the drug kingpin, Eze.
In another development, NDLEA operatives in
Adamawa had arrested a notorious drug dealer, Prince Ikechukwu Uzoma, in Mubi
area of the state with 1kg of skunk.
Before his arrest on May 15, Ikechukwu had
twice been arrested in the past, and convicted for the same offence.
Operatives had arrested him in 2017, and
sentenced him to six months imprisonment. In 2019, he was again sent to two
years in jail.
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