Mr Babafemi said that the arrest came after months of intelligence gathering and painstaking surveillance by operatives of the NDLEA.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says the operatives intercepted 26,250,000 pills of tramadol and 508,400 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Tincan port, Lagos and Port Harcourt,
The NDLEA spokesperson said, “The inclusion of that item ab initio arose following some ugly developments in some source countries.”
He said the opioids were recovered in three containers coming from India, targeted by the NDLEA during a 100 per cent joint examination of the cargoes.
He said Mr Ejiofor was arrested on Tuesday, September 24, at the Trade Fair complex, Ojo area of Lagos, where he sells automobile spare parts.
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday following a raid on his warehouse in Akala, Mushin area of Lagos.
The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the seizures were made from three containers on the agency’s watchlist.
Mr Babafemi said their arrests followed diligent investigation of an earlier arrest.
He said that the operatives recovered the drugs from the containers during a joint examination with other port stakeholders.
