Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a businesswoman, behind the export of cocaine in lipsticks export from Nigeria to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
Spokesman for the anti narcotic Agency, Femi Babafemi, identified the suspect as
Mrs. Nwafor Roseann Nneka on Sunday in a Press statement.
Nneka, was nabbed at her shop within the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, Lagos State following the interception of 100 grams of cocaine and 300 grams of phenacetine through export the consignment through the export shed of the Lagos airport on 10th July 2025.
Phenacetine is a cutting agent, concealed in ladies lipsticks, according to NDLEA, which confirmed the arrest of two cargo agents linked to the shipment before Nneka’s arrest by the NDLEA.
The suspect runs the criminal trade as a family business with her husband Remigus Nwafor, who is currently on-the-run.
Mrs. Nwafor, admitted to NDLEA that she bought the lipsticks used to conceal the illicit drugs while her husband handled the actual concealment.
Similarly, the NDLEA also arrested three suspects linked to the cargo already arrested in follow-up operations where cocaine and tramadol 225mg concealed in 71 vehicle side mirrors being sent to Libreville, Gabon were recovered by the Agency.
The consignment was intercepted by NDLEA when the drug baron was trying to snuggle the substance through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos.
The first batch of the consignment consisting 57,420 pills of tramadol 225mg and 57 pellets of Cocaine weighing 1.60kg were intercepted in a cargo going to Gabon on Air Côte dIvoire on Saturday 19th July 2025.
A popular cargo agent Ihekweme Osinachi Benedict handling the shipment was immediately arrested, after further investigation led to the arrest of another suspect Uzochukwu Godspower Chukwurah on Sunday 20th July.
Eleven parcels of cocaine with a total weight of 1kg were later recovered from four additional side mirrors being prepared for export found in the home of Uzochukwu on Monday 21st July, bringing the total number of parcels of cocaine to 68 weighing 2.60 kilograms.
During the past week, NDLEA also recorded breakthroughs in athe war against illicit drug trafficking and arrest across Abuja, Borno, Ogun, Bayelsa, Edo, Delta and Benue States.
