China-bound auto elements seller arrested at Kano airport for ingesting 95 wraps of cocaine

●NDLEA intercepts meth consignments in yogurt packs, arrests kingpin

A 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, was arrested on the Mallam Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport, Kano, by operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) whereas heading to China with 95 jumbo-sized wraps of cocaine weighing 1.589 kilograms hid in his abdomen. Nwabueze was apprehended on Saturday, thirty first January 2026, through the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airways flight ET940 to China through Addis Ababa.

A physique scan revealed the ingestion of illicit medication, and he was instantly positioned underneath excretion remark. Whereas underneath remark, the suspect, who claims to be within the clothes and auto spare elements enterprise in Lagos, expelled a complete of 95 pellets of the category A drug in seven excretions. In his assertion, he admitted that he engaged in drug trafficking to boost sufficient cash to finish his nation house in Iwollo, Enugu State, in line with Femi Babafemi, Director of Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja.

In different operations, NDLEA recovered 627.7 kilograms of skunk, a pressure of hashish, from a makeshift warehouse at Fums Plaza in Kubwa, FCT. On Friday, sixth February, operatives intercepted Ebube Okeke, Evans Ugwu, Mohammed Eze Arinze, and Friday Michael trying to smuggle methamphetamine hid in MP3 audio system from Enugu to Abuja and Kaduna through bus. A follow-up operation in Zuba, FCT, led to the arrest of Ebube Okeke, proprietor of a parcel containing 173 grams of meth. The trio—Evans Ugwu, Mohammed Eze Arinze, and Friday Michael—have been arrested on Saturday, seventh February, in Kaduna whereas accumulating a second consignment weighing 28 grams.

Equally, NDLEA operatives at Dan-anacha patrol level in Gassol Native Authorities Space, Taraba State, intercepted 32-year-old Yusuf Abubakar on Friday, sixth February, conveying packs of Hollandia Yogurt from Lagos to Mubi, Adamawa State. Intelligence-led searches revealed wraps of methamphetamine weighing 1.8 kilograms hidden contained in the yogurt packs.

In Oyo State, NDLEA officers arrested 29-year-old Beninoise Shuaibu Abdulrahman on Thursday, fifth February, at Ibudo-Igboho village, Sooro Kishi, recovering 149.6 kilograms of skunk hid in rice shafts. On Wednesday, 4th February, a suspect, Adeniyi Adeola (a.ok.a Prince), was nabbed at Foko, Agbeni market in Ibadan with 10,820 ampoules of pentazocine injection and 117,820 capsules of tramadol in his truck marked BDJ 767 YC.

Additionally in Ibadan, drug kingpin Jimoh Nurudeen, 40, who owns a facility producing Colorado, an artificial hashish, was arrested on Saturday, seventh February, in Badeku together with confederate Ogundipe Yusuf, 27. Recovered objects included 8 litres of precursor chemical compounds, 14 grams of skunk, different production paraphernalia, N7,408,400 in money, and two autos: a Mercedes Benz SUV (ABC 832 AZ) and a Toyota Highlander (RBC 243 BS).

In Kwara State, NDLEA intercepted a gasoline tanker on Saturday, seventh February, transporting petrol from Lagos to Maiduguri, Borno State. A search uncovered 395,400 tramadol capsules hid inside the tanker, and the motive force was taken into custody.

Couple Izuchukwu Azubuike, 37, and Ifunaya Mmadueke, 32, have been arrested on Saturday, seventh February, in Umuaka, Njaba, Imo State, with 203 kilograms of skunk. In Ondo State, 420 kilograms of skunk have been recovered from a bush in Ikun Akoko on Friday, sixth February.

NDLEA Marine Command operatives seized 31 wraps of cocaine hidden in a purse from Eze Nodebechi Austin, who arrived from Cote D’Ivoire through passenger boat at Yekeme, Badagry, Lagos State, on Friday, sixth February. Adekunle Oluwatosin Olajide was arrested on Wednesday, 4th February, at Lagos Island with 3.6 kilograms of Canadian Loud and Colorado. In Enugu, drug seller Emeka Okeke, 37, was nabbed at his hideout on Akuruka Avenue, Asata, Ezeagu, the place varied portions of skunk, meth, cocaine, molly, and N457,700 in money have been seized.

Throughout all Instructions nationwide, NDLEA officers continued their Struggle In opposition to Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization actions in colleges, worship centres, workplaces, and communities. Actions final week included WADA lectures at Agulu Awka Neighborhood Secondary College, Awka, Anambra; Okeodo Neighborhood Excessive College, Igboora, Oyo; and Knowledge Basis Secondary College, Ado, Lagos. Niger State Command paid a WADA advocacy go to to the Emir of Suleja, Alhaji Mohammed Auwal Ibrahim.

Chairman/Chief Govt Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), recommended officers of MAKIA, Marine, FCT, Taraba, Oyo, Kwara, Imo, Ondo, and Lagos Instructions for arrests and seizures, urging all operatives nationwide to keep up professionalism and dedication in drug provide and demand discount actions.