Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 50-year-old widow, Mrs. Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike using fake pregnancy as a façade to escape scrutiny and detection by the Agency.
Spokesman of the anti narcotic Agency, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday that the suspect was caught during attempt to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine, using fake pregnancy as a façade to escape scrutiny and detection by NDLEA.
The mother of one and Proprietress of Golden Star Creation, a fashion outfit in Ago palace way, Okota Lagos, according to NDLEA, was arrested at a bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba area of the state on Friday 22nd August 2025.
Babafemi revealed in the statement that she was nabbed while attempting to move the cocaine consignment to customers in Abuja.
He stated that a follow up operation at her house in Ago palace area led to the recovery of 200 grams of cutting agent used in the production of a strain of cocaine.
Confessing to the illicit grade, Ezewuike told NDLEA authorities that she inherited the criminal trade from her husband who died two years ago, while she has been in the fashion business for 20 years.
No fewer than 90 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 48.6kg, imported from the United States of America, NDLEA said.
The consignment were concealed in three cartons of kitchen sink were intercepted at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday 19th August by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation (DOGI).
The Agency also recorded breakthroughs across its Commands in Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Taraba, Delta, Adamawa, FCT, Ondo, Ekiti and Edo and arrested drug suspects and seized hard drugs during NDLEA raids that were carried out last week.
