The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 12 large parcels of cocaine concealed in the false bottoms of food flasks intended for shipment to the United Kingdom from Lagos.
Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said in a statement on
Sunday that the seizure was made on Thursday at the export shed of the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, where the consignment was to be
transported to the UK via a Virgin Atlantic flight.
“The cocaine consignment with a gross weight of 2.80
kilograms was intercepted on Thursday, 9th April 2026 by NDLEA operatives
attached to the export shed of the Lagos airport while two cargo agents
involved in the export bid: Ama Obinna Ufeim, 33, and Ogabi Monday Akorede, 39,
were swiftly arrested,” Babafemi said.
“Further investigation revealed a 52-year-old freight and
forwarding agent, Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola, as the sender of the consignment,
and he was arrested in a follow-up operation.”
Babafemi said that in a separate operation, NDLEA officers
at the Lagos airport import shed intercepted a consignment of Loud, a potent
strain of cannabis, weighing 2.90 kilograms. The drugs were concealed in snack
packs and had arrived from the US aboard a Delta Airlines flight.
“Two cargo clearing agents: Animashaun Moshood Adetunji and
Mercy Gabriel Oluwasegun, were initially arrested in connection with the
seizure before the consignee, Saheed Adeshina Adegoke, a 29-year-old fashion
designer, was nabbed in a follow-up operation at 3 Oba Ogunji road, Ogba,
Lagos, on Monday, 13th April,” the statement said.
The agency also reported additional seizures of skunk,
cannabis and tramadol across Kaduna, Cross River, Edo and Lagos states, leading
to the arrest of seven suspects.
Babafemi added that the NDLEA sustained its war against drug
abuse (WADA) sensitisation campaign over the past week across schools, places
of worship, workplaces and communities.
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