The NDLEA says a suspected Nigerian billionaire drug baron, Amadi Simon, has been arrested in Switzerland alongside two alleged accomplices in Nigeria over an international drug money laundering operation.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in collaboration with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and security agencies in Europe, have arrested a suspected Nigerian billionaire drug baron, Amadi Simon, in Switzerland over an alleged international drug money laundering operation. The NDLEA disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi.
“The multi-country investigation into the drug money laundering operations culminated in the well-coordinated simultaneous arrest of a billionaire drug baron, Amadi Simon in Switzerland and his co-conspirators: 34-year-old Jecinta Amara Ikechi, in Anambra state, and 28-year-old Blessing Ngozi Amadi in Agbor, Delta state on Tuesday 28th April 2026. “This followed months of intelligence and investigations across multiple jurisdictions linking Amadi to the laundering of hundreds of billions of Naira in proceeds of drug and financial crimes,” the statement read.
According to the agency, the syndicate allegedly operated a sophisticated financial network used to move and conceal proceeds of drug trafficking through shell companies, cryptocurrency wallets and multiple bank accounts spread across several countries. Investigators also traced a number of luxury properties in Nigeria allegedly linked to the suspect and his associates as the probe into the operation continues.
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