Ogona Anita
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 12 large parcels of cocaine concealed in the false bottoms of food flasks intended for shipment to the United Kingdom from Lagos.
Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said in a statement on Sunday that the seizure was made on Thursday at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, where the consignment was to be transported to the UK via a Virgin Atlantic flight.
“The cocaine consignment with a gross weight of 2.80 kilograms was intercepted on Thursday, 9th April 2026 by NDLEA operatives attached to the export shed of the Lagos airport while two cargo agents involved in the export bid: Ama Obinna Ufeim, 33, and Ogabi Monday Akorede, 39, were swiftly arrested,” Babafemi said.
“Further investigation revealed a 52-year-old freight and forwarding agent, Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola, as the sender of the consignment, and he was arrested in a follow-up operation.”
Babafemi said that in a separate operation, NDLEA officers at the Lagos airport import shed intercepted a consignment of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, weighing 2.90 kilograms. The drugs were concealed in snack packs and had arrived from the US aboard a Delta Airlines flight.
“Two cargo clearing agents: Animashaun Moshood Adetunji and Mercy Gabriel Oluwasegun, were initially arrested in connection with the seizure before the consignee, Saheed Adeshina Adegoke, a 29-year-old fashion designer, was nabbed in a follow-up operation at 3 Oba Ogunji road, Ogba, Lagos, on Monday, 13th April,” the statement said.
The agency also reported additional seizures of skunk, cannabis and tramadol across Kaduna, Cross River, Edo and Lagos states, leading to the arrest of seven suspects.
Babafemi added that the NDLEA sustained its war against drug abuse (WADA) sensitization campaigns over the past week across schools, places of worship, workplaces and communities.
