NDLEA intercepts cocaine, loud in food flasks, snacks, arrests fashion designer, others

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, person intercepted 12 parcels of cocaine concealed successful the mendacious bottoms of nutrient flasks astatine the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.

The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this successful a connection connected Sunday, noting that the illicit consignment, weighing 2.80 kilograms, was bound for the United Kingdom connected a Virgin Atlantic flight.

According to the statement, the drugs were intercepted connected April 9, 2026, starring to the apprehension of 2 cargo agents, Ama Obinna Ufeim, 33, and Ogabi Monday Akorede, 39. Further investigations resulted successful the apprehension of the alleged sender, a 52-year-old freight forwarder, Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola.

In a related cognition astatine the airport’s import shed connected April 8, NDLEA operatives seized 2.90 kilograms of “loud,” a potent strain of cannabis, hidden successful snack packs connected a Delta Airlines formation from the United States.

Two cargo clearing agents, Animashaun Moshood Adetunji and Mercy Gabriel Oluwasegun, were initially arrested, portion the consignee, Saheed Adeshina Adegoke, a 29-year-old manner designer, was aboriginal apprehended successful Ogba, Lagos.

Elsewhere, NDLEA operatives connected patrol on the Kaduna–Zaria road intercepted a motortruck conveying cement connected April 13.

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