A cocaine consignment consisting of 20 parcels with a total weight of 500grams and buried in the pages of the religious books was uncovered at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday 15th April 2025 when NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) were searching through export cargos going to Saudi Arabia at the logistics firm. …

A 59-year-old Nigerian businessman, Sylva Ezeokoli, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine concealed in his stomach. The arrest was made on Friday at the E-Arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. Ezeokoli, who had spent 35 years in Brazil, was returning home aboard …

A 50-year-old businessman, who allegedly ingested 90 wraps of cocaine at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). In a statement in Abuja, the Director of Media and Advocacy, (NDLEA), Mr Femi Babafemi, yesterday, said that the suspect was intercepted on Wednesday at the arrival hall of …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers by three courier firms in Lagos, heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus. In a statement, yesterday, NDLEA said: “In one of the logistics companies, no fewer than 30 parcels of cocaine …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested four members of a drug cartel, which runs cocaine cartel from India to Lagos with a Sports Utility Vehicle and two houses belonging to the syndicate, already traced to them sealed for forfeiture to the Federal Government. This came as a couple, Kazeem Owoalade and Rashidat Owoalade, also members of the …

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives have arrested a 67-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Clement Chukwuemeka, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine. The suspect was quoted to have said he engaged in the illicit business to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh after wasting 30 years of …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a fake couple Mr. Onyebuchi Ilonzeh and his partner in crime, who identified as Mrs. Nonyelum Ilonzeh, purportedly going for medical treatment in India, for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322 kilogrammes with 100 grammes of the drug also concealed in the woman’s vagina. According to NDLEA spokesman, …

Two businessmen arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for cocaine ingestion have allegedly excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug after three days in observatory custody. The alleged traffickers, Onoh Ebere (49) and Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, (47), were arrested on 10th May upon their arrival from Uganda via …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested a man, Ahmed Olaseinde Ariyibi, and a woman, Silifat Tunrayo Akanbi, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos for attempting to export 14.4 kilograms of cocaine concealed in lace and ankara fabrics. The suspects, the NDLEA said, were travelling for lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia before their …

Agbasi Prosper was detained by agents from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, with 105 packets of cocaine allegedly smuggled in as candy on Christmas Day. Prosper was returning from Brazil. The suspect was nabbed at the ‘D’ Arrival Hall of the airport during inward clearance of passengers from Sao …