On the 9th of August 2023, The drug baroness, Faith Ebele Nwankwo was apprehended at her residence in the 3rd Avenue axis of Festac Town, Amuwo-Odofin LGA, Lagos State in a raid by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Faith was nabbed shortly after she returned from a warehouse at Plot 3432 Sola Akinsola Street, Divine Estate, Amuwo Odofin where she loaded eight cartons of tramadol 225mg into the white Honda Pilot SUV.
According to the authorities, during the search of her residence at C Close House 6 on 3rd Avenue and the warehouse in Divine Estate, a recovery of Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand (2,750,000) pills of tramaking, a brand of tramadol 225mg and 250mg packed in 39 cartons weighing 1,916 kilograms.
The drugs and the SUV were recovered while the suspect was taken into custody.