The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 12 large parcels of cocaine concealed in the false bottoms of food flasks headed to the United Kingdom on a Virgin Atlantic Airline flight from Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos’s Ikeja.
The consignment of cocaine weighing 2.80 kilograms was intercepted on Thursday, 9th April 2026, by NDLEA operatives at the export shed of the Lagos airport, leading to the arrest of two cargo agents, Ama Obinna Ufeim, 33, and Ogabi Monday Akorede, 39, who were involved in the export attempt.
Further investigation identified the sender of the consignment as Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola, a 52-year-old freight and forwarding agent, who was subsequently arrested.
In a similar operation, NDLEA officers at the import shed of the Lagos airport on Wednesday 8th April intercepted a consignment of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, with a gross weight of 2.90 kilograms and concealed in snack food packs, which arrived from the United States of America aboard a Delta Airlines flight.
Two cargo clearing agents: Animashaun Moshood Adetunji and Mercy Gabriel Oluwasegun, were initially arrested in connection with the seizure before the consignee, Saheed Adeshina Adegoke, a 29-year-old fashion designer, was nabbed in a follow-up operation at 3 Oba Ogunji road, Ogba, Lagos, on Monday 13th April.
Reacting to the seizures and the arrest ,Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) noted their drug supply reduction efforts balanced with WADA sensitization activities while he charged them and their compatriots across the country to maintain the current tempo
Credit : NDLEA
