India-bound brothers busted at Lagos Airport with 5kg cocaine in suitcases
NDLEA operatives have apprehended two brothers, John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport, as they attempted to board a flight to India with 5 kilograms of cocaine hidden in their luggage.
The brothers were arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday 3rd April 2025 following proactive processing of credible intelligence, according to a statement by spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi.
They claimed they were travelling to India for medical treatment but when their suitcases were thoroughly searched by NDLEA officers, whitish powdery substances later confirmed to be cocaine were discovered on the walls of their bags.
In a similar development, NDLEA officers of the MMIA Strategic Command same day, Thursday 3rd April intercepted a 20-year-old Ghanaian-British man, Parker Darren Hazekia Osei, with 36 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 19.40kgs packed in a giant travelling bag.
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“The suspect who claims he is a student of Computer Science at East London University, UK, was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Bangkok, Thailand, at the E-arrival hall of the Lagos airport.
“In his statement, the techie claims he lives with his parents in the UK but left London about a week ago for Bangkok where he picked up the illicit drug consignment to deliver in Nigeria,” Babafemi said.
In Abia State, NDLEA officers on Saturday 5th April arrested a 75-year-old grandpa, Nna Nnanna Felix with 1.6kgs skunk, a strain of cannabis during a raid at Umunteke Asa, Ukwa West LGA, while another suspect David Chinemerem, 21, was nabbed with 2,050 ampoules of pentazocine at 7 Nnajiego Lane, Umuode road, Aba on Tuesday 1st April.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives in Kogi State have arrested a 33-year-old lady, Ngozi Ogili while moving 3kgs of methamphetamine from Lagos to Abuja. She was nabbed in a commercial transport bus along Okene-Lokoja highway on Monday 31st March 2025.
A follow up operation at her point of delivery in Apo mechanic area of Abuja led to the seizure of quantities of Loud and Colorado, both synthetic strains of cannabis.
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