NDLEA Nabs 2 Men With 200 Wraps Of Cocaine In Stomach, Woman Caught With 266 AK-47 Bullets At Abuja Airport As Marwa Vows To Sustain Momentum Against Illicit Drugs

NDLEA Nabs 2 Men With 200 Wraps Of Cocaine In Stomach

 

OpenLife News reports that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted two Europe-based businessmen with 200 wraps of cocaine in their bellies and a woman with 266 rounds of AK-47 ammunition along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway as Chairman Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa vows to sustain momentum against illicit drugs.

The arrests were made in major sweeps across Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Oyo, Ondo, Edo and Sokoto States with large consignments of illicit drugs seized.

2 Paris-Bound Businessmen With 200 Wraps Of Cocaine

Two Europe-based Nigerian ‘businessmen’ who flew home on holiday and attempted to return to Paris, France with their bellies loaded with cocaine have been arrested by NDLEA operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.

The duo, Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, were intercepted on Wednesday 28th October 2026 during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 832 from Abuja to Paris.

Both men have excreted a total of 200 wraps of the Class A drug weighing 3.460 kilograms.

Odife, who claims to live in France where he works in a factory, had arrived in Nigeria for a short holiday on 21st October. He was however arrested by NDLEA operatives on his return flight few days after when he was subjected to a body scan, which confirmed presence of foreign objects in his stomach.

Under interview, he admitted to having ingested 110 pellets of cocaine. He was placed under observation during which he excreted all 110 wraps, which tested positive for cocaine with total weight of 1.901 kilograms.

On same flight, his co-traveller, Sam Blackborn, was also nabbed by NDLEA officers at departure hall of Abuja airport. His body scan likewise returned positive for ingestion, while he confessed to having swallowed 90 pellets of cocaine.

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Under observation, he excreted all 90 wraps, which tested positive for class A drug after each excretion and weighed total of 1.559 kilograms.

NDLEA Seizes 976kg Skunk In Lagos, 554kg In Oyo

In Lagos, NDLEA operatives acting on actionable intelligence on movement of skunk, a strong strain of cannabis from Island to Mainland, on Sunday 25th October, intercepted a white Volkswagen LT 28 bus along Kudirat Abiola Way, Ikeja, where 537 kilograms of psychoactive substance were recovered.

Same day, another team intercepted brown J5 bus along Gbagada-Oshodi expressway, with 439 kilograms of same substance seized.

In Oyo State, NDLEA operatives on Thursday 29th October conducted follow-up operation at Idere road, Igboora, where two suspects: Oguntona Nasiru, 46, and Soji Balogun, 47, were arrested while loading 554 kilograms of skunk into Volvo truck for onward movement into town.

Operation targeted notorious drug dealer known as ‘Omo Oba’, who escaped arrest on 25th October when officers seized 309.5 kilograms of strong cannabis strain popularly called ‘Ghanaian Loud’ linked to him.

NDLEA Recovers Diazepam, Tramadol, Exol-5 In Kano

In Kano, NDLEA operatives on Monday 26th October raided location in Tsamiya area of Gezawa, where they recovered 247,500 tablets of diazepam weighing 57.7 kilograms and 100,000 tablets of Exol-5 weighing 38.7 kilograms.

Two days later, on Wednesday 28th October, another team stormed Dorayi area of state, where they arrested Ziya’ulhaq Abdullahi, 35, and Garba Muhammed, 52, with 19,250 pills of tramadol 225mg weighing 13.6 kilograms.

Woman Arrested With 266 Rounds Of AK-47 Ammunition

Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Abuja-Kaduna expressway have arrested a woman, Aisha Isah, at toll gate with 266 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition.

On Zaria-Kano expressway, 68-year-old man, Ifeanyi Egwolonwu, was arrested at Gwargwaje, Zaria, with 2,770 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 100 ampoules of diazepam injection, 11,000 tablets of diazepam and 4,500 tablets of Exol-5.

In raid at Tashan Banke area of state, officers also arrested seven suspects, including Faisal Adamu, and recovered 178.85 kilograms of cannabis alongside quantities of diazepam, tramadol, Exol-5 and pregabalin.

NDLEA Destroys 4,115kg Cannabis Plantation In Edo, Arrests 4 In Ondo Forest

In Ondo State, NDLEA operatives on Sunday 25th October acting on credible intelligence raided cannabis farms in Ijare forest, where they arrested four suspects including Bassey Okon, 24; Abraham Edet, 20; and Oto Udo, 24. Total of 16 bags of processed cannabis weighing 180 kilograms were recovered.

Similarly, team of NDLEA operatives supported by soldiers on Wednesday 28th October 2026 raided Eko Camp in Ilushi, Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State, where cannabis plantation measuring 1.646 hectares with estimated yield of 4,115.53 kilograms was destroyed.

50-year-old woman, Christiana Uboi, was arrested at camp with 301 kilograms of processed cannabis, while another 176 kilograms of drug was recovered during raid.

In Sokoto, operatives of Zone 7 Command of NDLEA, acting on credible intelligence, on Saturday 31st October arrested 68-year-old man, Ibrahim Ayuba, with 236.6 kilograms of skunk.

Marwa Vows To Sustain Momentum Against Illicit Drugs, Commends Officers

With same vigour, Commands and formations of Agency across country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities in schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in past week.

These include: WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Obawole Grammar School 11, Ojodu, Lagos; Nsukka High School, Nsukka, Enugu; Government Technical College, Dorayi Babba Rijiyar Zaki, Gwale LGA, Kano; and Ajagbe Comprehensive High School, Iperu, Ogun state, among others.

While commending officers and men of NAIA, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Ondo, Oyo and Edo Commands for arrests and seizures, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), noted that interception of two cocaine couriers at Abuja airport is fresh warning to those who think they can use residence abroad as cover to traffic drugs across Nigerian borders.

He said Agency’s officers at all entry and exit points remain alert, and that there is no hiding place for anyone who chooses to risk life and liberty by ingesting illicit drugs for a fee.

Marwa also charged officers and men of Agency across country to sustain current tempo against drug cartels while not relenting in drug demand reduction efforts, including WADA sensitisation activities in schools, worship centres, workplaces and communities.