NDLEA Arrests India-Bound Businessman With Cocaine, Seizes N3.6bn Worth of Drugs in Lagos

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 48-year-old businessman allegedly attempting to smuggle 1.55kg of cocaine to India, while operatives across several states recovered illicit drugs worth more than N3.6 billion in a week-long operation.The suspect, Nwankwo Innocent Onyebuchi, who deals in marble in Lagos, was arrested at the departure hall of Terminal II of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, while attempting […]

August 17, 2026 5

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NDLEA Busts Brazil Cocaine Smuggling Ring as Drug-Laced Shirts, Towels Land Businessman in Trouble

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja A 41-year-old businessman returning from Brazil has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after operatives discovered shirts and towels impregnated with liquid cocaine in his luggage at Lagos airport, in a nationwide crackdown that also led to the seizure of over two tonnes of illicit drugs and the arrest of several suspects across the country. The suspect, identified as Abugu Oliver Ikechukwu, was […]

June 15, 2026 15

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China-bound Nigerian businessman held after ingesting 95 cocaine pellets

By Zainab Uzomah | Abuja A 62-year-old Lagos businessman has been arrested at Kano’s Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport for allegedly ingesting 95 pellets of cocaine while attempting to board a flight to China. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke tested positive for drug ingestion during a routine scan and later expelled 1.589kg of cocaine during monitored excretions. According to the statement signed by NDLEA […]

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