NDLEA Busts Airport Drug Rings, Foils Jail-Linked Cocaine Plot, Raids Lekki ‘Colos’ Lab
Operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) have uncovered a number of drug trafficking operations spanning main airports, city centres and even a correctional facility, arresting a number of suspects and seizing vital portions of cocaine, hashish and opioids.
On the Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport, Abuja, a China-based Nigerian businessman, Ibeanu Chukwudulue, 34, was intercepted whereas boarding a Qatar Airways flight to China by way of Doha. Performing on intelligence, NDLEA officers performed a physique scan which confirmed he had ingested illicit medication. He later excreted 52 wraps of cocaine weighing 735.95 grammes.
On the identical day, two Angolan nationals—Mbandu Makiadi, 50, and Ngoma Fernando, 52—have been arrested on the Mallam Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport throughout clearance for a flight to Istanbul. Physique scans confirmed that they had additionally swallowed narcotics. Makiadi excreted 76 pellets weighing 920 grammes, whereas Fernando expelled 108 wraps weighing 1.33 kilogrammes.
In response to NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the suspects claimed they have been promised $3,000 every to ship the consignments in Turkey.
In Lagos, operatives on the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport foiled an try to smuggle 1.1 kilogrammes of cocaine to London hid inside garri. Investigations revealed the cargo was allegedly coordinated from the Ikoyi Correctional Centre by a convicted drug trafficker serving a five-year sentence. An worker who introduced the cargo for export was arrested, whereas additional inquiries uncovered how the operation was remotely directed from custody.
In one other airport operation, officers thwarted an try to export 1.7 kilogrammes of skunk hidden inside jerry cans certain for the UK. A cargo agent and the alleged mastermind have been apprehended.
In Abuja, NDLEA intercepted a parcel from Enugu containing a kids’s toy guitar modified to hide 59.2 grammes of “Canadian Loud,” a potent hashish pressure. A follow-up operation led to the arrest of the supposed recipient in Life Camp.
In the meantime, in Lagos’ Lekki space, NDLEA raided a four-bedroom duplex transformed right into a production web site for Colorado, an artificial hashish variant often known as “Colos.” The raid adopted the seizure of 73 cartons of nitrous oxide linked to the distribution chain. Officers recovered 13.2 kilogrammes of freshly produced artificial hashish and precursor chemical substances, dismantling what authorities described as a serious city drug production hub.
In Ibadan, a 45-year-old girl was arrested with over one kilogramme of artificial hashish and skunk, 320 grammes of methamphetamine, almost ₦3 million in money and two autos.
In Kwara State, operatives intercepted a car carrying 105,400 tramadol drugs alongside the Bode Saadu hall, arresting the driving force.
In Edo State, a forest raid in Ovia North East Native Authorities Space led to the arrest of 5 suspects and the restoration of 563.5 kilogrammes of skunk.
NDLEA Chairman and Chief Government Officer, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd.), recommended officers for intelligence-driven operations and urged sustained enforcement efforts alongside the company’s Warfare In opposition to Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation campaigns nationwide.
Michael Olugbode
Times Nigeria