A 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Izueke, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano State.
Izueke had attempted to traffic 95 jumbo-sized wraps of coca!ne weighing 1.589 kilograms to China to raise funds to complete a house he is building in his village.
A statement on Sunday by the NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said Izueke was apprehended on Saturday, January 31, 2026, during the outward clearance of passengers travelling to China via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940.
Babafemi said NDLEA officials subjected him to a body scan, which confirmed that he had ingested illicit drugs.
“While under observation, the suspect, who claims he’s into the clothing and auto spare parts business in Lagos, expelled a total of 95 pellets of the class A drug in seven excretions.
“In his statement, he claimed he decided to engage in illicit drug trafficking to raise enough money to complete the country home he’s building in his village, Iwollo, Enugu state,” the statement partly read.
The arrest, the agency said, formed part of a series of nationwide operations by the NDLEA that led to multiple drug seizures and arrests across several states.
In Abuja, Babafemi said operatives recovered 627.7 kilogrammes of skunk, a strain of cannab!s, from a makeshift warehouse at Fums Plaza, Kubwa, while attempts to smuggle methamphetamine concealed in MP3 speakers from Enugu to Abuja and Kaduna were foiled.
He added that four suspects were arrested in connection with the consignments.
“A total of 627.7 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannab!s, were recovered from a makeshift warehouse within Fums Plaza in Kubwa, FCT, attempt by Ebube Okeke, Evans Ugwu, Mohammed Eze Arinze and Friday Michael to smuggle consignments of methamphetamine concealed in Mp3 speakers from Enugu to Abuja and Kaduna was on Friday 6th February foiled by NDLEA operatives in Abuja who intercepted the consignments in a bus.
“A follow-up operation in Zuba, FCT, led to the arrest of Ebube Okeke, who is the owner of one of the parcels containing 173grams of meth, while the trio of Evans Ugwu, Mohammed Eze Arinze and Friday Michael were nabbed on Saturday, 7th February in Kaduna, when they showed up to collect the second consignment weighing 28grams of meth,” he said.
In Taraba State, Babafemi said NDLEA officers intercepted a suspect conveying methamphetamine concealed in packs of yoghurt, while in Oyo State, several arrests were made, including that of a drug kingpin operating a facility producing synthetic cannab!s.
He added that large quantities of tramadol, skunk, and other illicit substances were also seized in operations spanning Kwara, Imo, Ondo, Lagos, and Enugu states.
In Ibadan, Babafemi said Skunk concealed in rice shafts was uncovered.
He added, “In a separate operation in Ibadan, a suspect, Adeniyi Adeola (a.k.a Prince) was nabbed at Foko, Agbeni market on Wednesday, 4th February. Recovered from his truck marked BDJ 767 YC include: 10,820 ampoules of pentazocine injection, and 117,820 capsules of tramadol. Also in Ibadan, a drug kingpin, Jimoh Nurudeen, 40, who owns a facility where he produces Colorado, a synthetic cannabis, was on Saturday, 7th February, at Badeku area of Ibadan, along with his accomplice, Ogundipe Yusuf, 27. Recovered from them include: 8 litres of precursor chemical; 14 grams of skunk and other paraphernalia of Colos production, as well as monetary exhibit of ₦7,408,400.00 and two vehicles: a Mercedes-Benz SUV marked ABC 832 AZ and a Toyota Highlander with registration number RBC 243 BS.”
In Imo, Babafemi said a couple was arrested with a skunk weighing 203kg.
He said, “While a couple, Izuchukwu Azubuike, 37, and Ifunaya Mmadueke, 32, were arrested at Umuaka, Njaba, Imo state with 203kg skunk on Saturday, 7th February, operatives in Ondo state on Friday, 6th February, recovered 420kg skunk in a bush at Ikun Akoko.”
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