{"id":873607,"date":"2025-09-17T01:13:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T06:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/indian-businessman-3-others-arrested-over-n3-9bn-tramadol-intercepted-at-lagos-airport\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T01:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T06:13:34","slug":"indian-businessman-3-others-arrested-over-n3-9bn-tramadol-intercepted-at-lagos-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/indian-businessman-3-others-arrested-over-n3-9bn-tramadol-intercepted-at-lagos-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Businessman, 3 Others Arrested Over N3.9bn Tramadol Intercepted At Lagos Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"penci-post-entry-inner\">\n<p>\u00a0An Indian businessman, Gupta Ravi Kumar, and three Nigerian accomplices, Ogunlana Noah Olanrewaju, Olushola Idrees Kayode and Bakare Korede Muheeb, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (ND\u00adLEA) in connection with the seizure of 2,248,000 pills of tra\u00admadol 200mg\/225mg intercept\u00aded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The tramadol shipment worth N3,990,000,000 in street value was imported from Delhi, India, disguised as multi-vita\u00admins in 114 cartons and arrived the import shed of the Lagos air\u00adport on an on Ethiopian Airline flight on Monday, September 8, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>A team of NDLEA officers who had put the consignment under surveillance however swooped on a clearing agent and two drivers who were trying to move the shipment out of the airport in two trucks on Thurs\u00adday, September 11.<\/p>\n<p>A follow up operation the following day, Friday, led to the arrest of the Indian business\u00adman, Gupta Ravi Kumar, when he was trying to take delivery of the consignment.<\/p>\n<p>At the terminal 2 departure gate of the airport, NDLEA op\u00aderatives on Sunday, September 7, intercepted a passenger On\u00adyeganochi Stanley Ifeanyi trav\u00adelling on a Qatar Airline flight to Doha. A search of his bag led to the recovery of 900 grammes of skunk, a strain of cannabis con\u00adcealed in crayfish. As a first-time traveler, Onyeganochi claimed the bag was given to him to help take to Doha by a Qatar-based Nigerian, Ohadiegwu Anthony Uchenna, who actually followed him to the airport.<\/p>\n<p>His confession led to the ar\u00adrest of Uchenna, who was still within view. Operatives who later conducted a search of Uchenna\u2019s hotel room in Ajao Estate discovered additional 200 grammes of the same psy\u00adchoactive substance. He claimed he was to return to Doha days later and pick the bag from the unsuspecting Onyeganochi if he had succeeded escaping se\u00adcurity checks.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>You Might Be Interested In<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Our Correspondents <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/independent.ng\/indian-businessman-3-others-arrested-over-n3-9bn-tramadol-intercepted-at-lagos-airport\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0An Indian businessman, Gupta Ravi Kumar, and three Nigerian accomplices, Ogunlana Noah Olanrewaju, Olushola Idrees Kayode and Bakare Korede Muheeb, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (ND\u00adLEA) in connection with the seizure of 2,248,000 pills of tra\u00admadol 200mg\/225mg intercept\u00aded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. 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