Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested two brothers: John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, Lagos.
Spokesman for the Agency, Femi Babafemi said on Sunday in a statement that the duo was caught with 5 kilograms cocaine concealed in walls of their suitcases while attempting to board a flight to India on Thursday 3rd April 2025.
The two brothers were arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday 3rd April 2025 following proactive processing of credible intelligence.
The suspects claimed in their statements with NDLEA that 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.
Men of the anti-narcotic Agency also the MMIA Strategic Command on the 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 19.40kg packed in a giant travelling bag.
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.
Techie told NDLEA that 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.
Elsewhere in Kogi State, NDLEA operatives have arrested a 33-year-old lady, Ngozi Ogili while moving 3kilograms of methamphetamine from Lagos to Abuja.
The statement said the suspect was nabbed in a commercial transport bus along Okene-Lokoja highway on Monday 31st March 2025.
NDLEA said 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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