Uncovers UK-bound cocaine in cream containers, meth in water heater
Operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA), yesterday, raided a drug social gathering at Proxy Night time Membership in Victoria Island, Lagos, and arrested o plver 100 suspects, together with the membership proprietor, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu alias Fairly Mike, and took them into custody for screening.
Cartons of illicit substances, together with Loud and laughing fuel, have been recovered from the suspects on the social gathering and the membership’s retailer.
The raid adopted intelligence concerning the drug social gathering. NDLEA operatives who have been embedded within the social gathering from 11pm on Saturday, disrupted the gathering about 3.00am, yesterday, based mostly on Customary Working Procedures (SOPs).
The company additionally uncovered 70 parcels of cocaine, factory-packed within the partitions of cocoa butter method physique cream containers heading to London, United Kingdom, on the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos, and arrested three suspects in a follow-up operations throughout Lagos.
The cocaine consignments weighing 3.60 kilogrammes have been found on October 14, 2025 through the examination of cargoes packaged as private results going to London, on an Air Peace flight. A cargo agent, Lawal Olakunle, who offered the consignment for airfreight was promptly arrested whereas investigations stretching into two weeks led to the arrest of two principal suspects linked to the try to export the hid Class A drug to the UK.
In a comply with up operation on October 18, a feminine well being employee, Deborah Ogunmuyide, was arrested following which the Chief Government Officer of a journey company, Mutiu Adebiyi & Co, was arrested at his 23, Ladoke Akintola Road, Ikeja GRA Lagos workplace on Monday, October 20.
Relatedly, the try by a 35-year-old Lesotho nationwide, Lemena Mark, to export 103.59 grammes of methamphetamine hid in a Diabeta natural espresso tea pack to the Philippines on an Ethiopian Airways flight from the Akanu Ibiam Worldwide Airport (AIIA) Enugu on October 22, was thwarted by NDLEA officers who arrested him and recovered the illicit drug.
No fewer than 21,950 capsules of tramadol 250mg hid inside a 100-litre water heater have been recovered from a suspect Umar Abubakar, 40, who was arrested by NDLEA operatives at Bode Saadu, Morro Native Council of Kwara State following credible intelligence on October 21.
In Taraba, Auwal Musa, 26, and Salihu Bala, 22, have been on Tuesday, October 21, arrested with 450,000 capsules of tramadol and exol-5 at Dan-anacha checkpoint whereas conveying the consignment in a truck loaded with constructing supplies from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Mubi, Adamawa State.
Whereas NDLEA officers on patrol alongside Okene/Lokoja freeway, Kogi State, seized 162.200kg skunk, a pressure of hashish, from a truck on Friday, October 24, operatives in Nasarawa State on Wednesday, October 22, recovered 128kg of the identical psychoactive substance from a suspect, Abubakar Muhammad, 55, in Keffi space of the state.
A mom of two Oyonumoh Glory Effiong who’s a significant distributor of Canadian and California Loud, each robust strains of hashish in Lekki, Ajah, Ikoyi, Victoria Island, and VGC areas of Lagos has been arrested by NDLEA operatives on Friday, October 17, throughout a raid at her Lekki house the place 500 grammes of the illicit substances have been recovered.
Within the Ikorodu space of Lagos, NDLEA officers on Thursday, raided the house of a suspect Ogunyabo Adenigbigbe at Solomade property the place 275 litres of skuchies, a brand new psychoactive substance produced with black currant drink, hashish and opioids, have been recovered.
On the Seme border space of Lagos, NDLEA operatives nabbed Jacob Ojugbele with 55kg skunk at Ashipa space of Badagry, whereas Amusa Oluwabukola was arrested with 121.3 litres of skuchies at Itoga Badagry.
In Zamfara State, NDLEA operatives on patrol alongside Gummi-Anka highway on Monday, October 20, arrested Abubakar Ibrahim, 30, in possession of an AK 47 rifle and 1,746 assorted ammunition for AK-47 and GPMG rifles whereas shifting them from Sokoto to Bagega forest, Anka Native Council, Zamfara. Each the suspect and the reveals have since been handed over to the suitable safety company for additional investigation.
With the identical vigour, Instructions and formations of the Company throughout the nation continued their Struggle Towards Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation actions to colleges, worship centres, work locations and communities amongst others previously week.
Whereas commending the officers and males of MMIA, AIIA, Lagos, Kwara, Abia, Nasarawa, Kogi, Ondo, Anambra, Taraba, Kaduna, Seme and Zamfara instructions for the arrests, and seizures, Chairman/Chief Government Officer of NDLEA, Brig-Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) urged them and their colleagues throughout the nation to proceed with the continued balanced method to the drug management efforts of the Company.
