The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted cocaine concealed in food flasks at the Lagos airport
- +NDLEA intercepts UK-bound cocaine hidden in food flasks at Lagos airport
This was disclosed on Sunday by Femi Babafemi in a statement issued on April 19, 2026.
This was disclosed on Sunday by Femi Babafemi in a statement issued on April 19, 2026.
The seizure was made at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on April 9, 2026.
The NDLEA said the cocaine consignment was a gross weight of 2.80 kilograms, which was bound for the United Kingdom via a Virgin Atlantic flight.
Two cargo agents, Ama Obinna Ufeim, 33, and Ogabi Monday Akorede, 39, were arrested in connection with the attempted export.
Further investigation led to the arrest of the alleged sender, 52-year-old freight forwarding agent Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola.
In a related operation, NDLEA officers at the import shed of the Lagos airport intercepted 2.90 kilograms of Loud cannabis concealed in snack packs arriving from the United States on a Delta Airlines flight.
In Kaduna, operatives recovered 847 kilograms of cannabis hidden in a cement truck along the Kaduna-Zaria highway, leading to the arrest of the driver.
In Cross River, NDLEA officers destroyed 15,000 kilograms of cannabis cultivated on six hectares of farmland and arrested a 53-year-old suspect during a raid.
In Edo State, officers raided a cannabis farm at Saboro camp in Ovia North East Local Government Area, where 2,281.43 kilograms of cannabis were destroyed.
Three suspects, Nweke Smart, 27; Christopher Egbe, 62; and Monday Ayan, 45, were arrested, with 38.5 kilograms of cannabis and seeds recovered from them.
In Lagos, operatives arrested two suspects at Mile 2 along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway while transporting 11,900 capsules of tramadol and 400 ampoules of phenobarbital injection in a truck heading to Ghana.
On the same day, a raid at a two-storey building in the Petti area of Lagos Island led to the recovery of an additional 95.8 kilograms of cannabis.
Earlier in February, authorities arrested a Nigerian-born businessman based in Brazil at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport after cocaine was discovered concealed in his footwear and private parts.
