The Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company have arrested a Lagos‑primarily based businessman Nwabueze, Nicholas Izueke, for trying to visitors 1.589 kilograms of cocaine by ingesting 95 wraps.
In accordance with a press release by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media & Advocacy for the NDLEA, he was arrested at Mallam Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport (MAKIA).
The arrest types a part of a wider nationwide offensive by the company in opposition to drug trafficking and abuse, which has led to a number of seizures and detentions throughout a number of states.
What NDLEA mentioned
In accordance with NDLEA, the 62-year-old was intercepted on Saturday, January 31, 2026, throughout outward passenger clearance at MAKIA whereas getting ready to fly to China by way of Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airways flight ET940.
- “Throughout a routine physique scan, he examined optimistic for ingesting illicit medication and was positioned below excretion statement,” NDLEA mentioned within the assertion.
The company mentioned that below statement, Izueke expelled a complete of 95 jumbo‑sized wraps of the category A drug in seven separate excretions, confirming the presence of cocaine hidden inside his abdomen.
Whereas below statement, the suspect claims he’s into clothes and auto spare elements enterprise in Lagos. He disclosed that he determined to interact in illicit drug trafficking to boost sufficient cash to finish the nation dwelling he’s constructing in his village, Iwollo, Enugu state.
Extra particulars
Within the Federal Capital Territory, NDLEA operatives recovered 627.7 kilograms of skunk, a potent pressure of hashish, from a makeshift warehouse in Kubwa and disrupted makes an attempt to smuggle methamphetamine hidden inside MP3 audio system from Enugu to Abuja and Kaduna.
- Intelligence‑led patrols additionally led to the interception of methamphetamine hid in packs of yogurt at a checkpoint in Taraba State, the place 1.8 kilograms of the substance was uncovered throughout a search of cargo sure for Adamawa State.
- Separate operations throughout Oyo, Kwara, Imo, Ondo and Lagos states resulted within the arrest of different suspects and seizures of hashish, tramadol, pentazocine injections, and cocaine hid in a purse from a passenger arriving by boat from Cote d’Ivoire.
Different main operations
At Ibadan, NDLEA officers apprehended a suspected drug kingpin who operates a facility producing Colorado, an artificial hashish, and recovered precursor chemical substances, skunk and vital sums of money alongside two automobiles.
- In Kwara State, NDLEA operatives intercepted virtually 400,000 capsules of tramadol hid in a gasoline tanker sure for Maiduguri, whereas in Imo State a pair was arrested with 203 kilograms of skunk. In Ondo State, 420 kilograms of the identical substance had been recovered in a bush at Ikun Akoko.
- Throughout Lagos, different suspects had been detained with 31 wraps of cocaine hidden in a purse and three.6 kilograms of Canadian Loud and Colorado seized on Lagos Island.
NDLEA mentioned it additionally continued its Warfare In opposition to Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation actions in colleges, worship centres, workplaces and communities nationwide to deepen public consciousness of the hazards of drug trafficking and abuse.
What you need to know
NDLEA has repeatedly intercepted cocaine traffickers who try to smuggle the drug by ingesting wraps and concealing them of their our bodies throughout airport journey.
- The company arrested a 52‑yr‑outdated businessman at Mallam Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport after a physique scan revealed he had ingested and hidden cocaine inside his physique. Operatives recovered 58 wraps instantly and, after days below excretion statement, the suspect expelled an further 69 wraps, bringing the whole to 127 wraps weighing about 1.388 kilograms.
- In April 2024, NDLEA operatives at Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, Lagos, intercepted a passenger sure for Delhi, India, who had swallowed 80 wraps of cocaine. Over a number of days below statement, the suspect expelled pellets weighing almost a kilogram as a part of his tried trafficking try
Related smuggling makes an attempt had been recorded at Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport in Lagos in early 2026, when NDLEA arrested a Brazil‑primarily based Nigerian businessman who hid cocaine each in his physique and in his footwear.
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