Monday, August 4, 2025 - Cocaine, tramadol consignments in vehicle side mirrors intercepted at Lagos airport, nabs businesswoman behind cocaine in lipsticks; recovers opioids in footwears at Maiduguri airport.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine and tramadol 225mg concealed
in 71 vehicle side mirrors being sent to Libreville, Gabon through the export
shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos, with not
less than three suspects linked to the cargo already arrested in follow-up
operations.
In a statement released on Sunday, August 3, the
spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said the first batch of the
consignment consisting 57,420 pills of tramadol 225mg and 57 pellets of Cocaine
weighing 1.60kg were intercepted in a cargo going to Gabon on Air Côte d’Ivoire
on Saturday 19th July 2025. A popular cargo agent Ihekweme Osinachi Benedict
handling the shipment was immediately arrested, after which further
investigation led to the arrest of another suspect Uzochukwu Godspower
Chukwurah on Sunday 20th July.
Eleven parcels of cocaine with a total weight of 1kg were
later recovered from four additional side mirrors being prepared for export
found in the home of Uzochukwu on Monday 21st July, bringing the total number
of parcels of cocaine to 68 weighing 2.60 kilograms.
In a related development, NDLEA operatives on Friday 1st
August arrested a businesswoman Mrs. Nwafor Roseann Nneka at her shop within
the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, Lagos following the interception of 100 grams of
cocaine and 300 grams of phenacetine, a cutting agent, concealed in ladies’
lipsticks going to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, through the export shed of the
Lagos airport on 10th July 2025.
Two cargo agents linked to the shipment were earlier
arrested before the eventual arrest of Nneka who runs the criminal trade as a
family business with her husband Remigus Nwafor, currently on the run. In her
statement, Mrs. Nwafor admitted she bought the lipsticks used to conceal the
illicit drugs while her husband handled the actual concealment.
In Abuja, the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, NDLEA operatives conducting intelligence-led stop and search operations in Gwarimpa, Jahi, and Galadimawa areas of the FCT on Wednesday 30th July arrested three dispatch riders: Sabo Sule, 24; Samuel Nnamdi, 28; and Idris Jibrin, 28, for distributing illicit substances around the city. A total of 149.8 grams of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis was recovered from them. Two other suspects Aliyu Abubakar, 25; and Adekunle Agbabiaka, 30, were arrested along Abaji-Gwagwalada expressway with 91.1kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, on Saturday 2nd August.
n Borno state, NDLEA operatives at the arrival hall of the Muhammadu Buhari International Airport (MBIAM) Maiduguri on Friday 1st August intercepted a consignment of 160 pills of tramadol concealed in footwears by a 38-year-old passenger, Umar Aminu who was promptly arrested.
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