The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) has arrested multiple drug suspects across Nigeria, intercepting
cocaine consignments and other illicit substances at major airports and in
several states.
In a statement shared on Sunday via X, NDLEA
spokesperson Femi Babafemi disclosed that three suspects excreted a
combined total of 236 wraps of cocaine following their arrests at the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport and the Mallam Aminu Kano International
Airport.
One of the suspects, Ibeanu, was arrested on Wednesday
while boarding a Qatar Airways flight from Kano to China via Abuja and Doha.
Acting on intelligence, NDLEA operatives in Abuja ordered that he be removed
from the aircraft for screening. A body scan confirmed he had ingested illicit
drugs. Under observation, he later excreted 52 pellets of cocaine weighing
735.95 grams.
Ibeanu reportedly told investigators he had previously
operated a business on Lagos Island before relocating to Guangzhou, China, in
2024.
In a related operation in Kano, two Angolan nationals
— Mbandu Martins Makiadi, 50, and Ngoma Wilson Fernando, 52 — were arrested at
the departure hall while preparing to travel to Istanbul via Addis Ababa on an
Ethiopian Airlines flight. Body scans confirmed drug ingestion. Mbandu excreted
76 wraps of cocaine weighing 920 grams, while Ngoma expelled 108 pellets
weighing 1.33 kilograms.
The suspects, both from Luanda, Angola, allegedly
claimed they were recruited by an automobile spare parts dealer who promised
them $3,000 each upon successful delivery of the drugs in Turkey.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport thwarted an attempt by a convicted drug trafficker,
Olashupo Michael Oladimeji, to export 1.10 kilograms of cocaine to London on a
Virgin Atlantic flight. The drugs were concealed in processed cassava flakes
(garri).
Oladimeji, who is currently serving a five-year jail
term at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre following his 2025 conviction for
attempting to export 17.90 kilograms of cocaine, allegedly coordinated the new
smuggling attempt from prison using his logistics company. A staff member who
presented the shipment for export was arrested, and investigations traced the
operation back to the incarcerated suspect.
In another case at the Lagos airport, NDLEA officials
intercepted 1.70 kilograms of skunk concealed in five jerry cans bound for the
United Kingdom. The cargo agent was arrested, and subsequent investigations led
to the arrest of the principal suspect in Lagos.
Further seizures were recorded nationwide. In Abuja,
officers intercepted a parcel from Enugu containing a toy guitar used to
conceal 59.2 grams of “Canadian Loud,” a cannabis strain. The owner of the
consignment was later apprehended.
In Lagos, NDLEA operatives raided a duplex in Lekki
allegedly used for producing and storing Colorado, a synthetic cannabis
product. The raid followed the seizure of 73 cartons of nitrous oxide along the
Ajah–Epe expressway. One suspect was arrested at the property, where 13.2
kilograms of the synthetic substance and precursor chemicals were recovered.
In Oyo State, a female drug dealer was arrested in
Ibadan with quantities of synthetic cannabis, methamphetamine, cash exhibits,
and two vehicles. Meanwhile, in Kwara State, operatives intercepted 105,400
pills of tramadol during a vehicle stop in Bode Saadu.
In Edo State, five suspects were apprehended during a
raid on a forest camp in Ovia North East Local Government Area, where 563.5
kilograms of skunk were recovered.
Commending officers across various state commands for
their professionalism, NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mohamed
Buba Marwa, urged personnel nationwide to sustain the agency’s balanced
strategy of drug supply reduction and demand control efforts.
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