It was discovered that the alleged seizure was not reported to the agency.

According to Vanguard, the NDLEA launched the probe as people close to Kyari in the police were concerned that further suspected illegalities involving the squad led by the police officer may be uncovered.

Kyari was apprehended last week when the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency uncovered a drug network operating along the Brazil-Ethiopia-Nigeria route.

The agency alleged that he was a member of the syndicate and went ahead to ask a court to extend his detention to facilitate investigation into the activities of his team.

Sources close to the NDLEA disclosed that the Abba Kyari team had been linked to the alleged seizure of a large consignment of Tramadol in a warehouse at Amuwo-Odofin area of Lagos.

The consignment, according to the sources, was worth N3billion and it was imported into Nigeria by an individual who claimed to be a pharmacist.

IRT it was learnt, allegedly got wind of the consignment and stormed the warehouse where the illegal drug was stocked, leading to the seizure.

Multiple sources at the NDLEA said the agency ordinarily should have been told of the alleged seizure which was said to have taken place last year, saying the Abba Kyari team did not inform the agency of the development.

“What this means is that the IRT may have sold the consignment of Tramadol to a cartel after storming the Amuwo Odofin warehouse and seizing the Tramadol”, one of the sources said.

“We have launched a probe into the case to get to the root of the matter”.

Efforts to get the NDLEA spokesmen, Mr. Femi Babafemi, to comment on the story last night were unsuccessful.