NDLEA arrests businessman with 6.10kg cocaine hidden in shirts and towels from Brazil; detains two PWD suspects in Abia and Rivers; recovers drugs nationwide
A 41-year-old Sao Paulo, Brazil-based businessman, Abugu Oliver Ikechukwu, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing shirts and towels impregnated with 6.10 kilograms of liquid cocaine from the South American country into Nigeria.
According to the statement by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, on Sunday 14th June 2026, Abugu was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, upon arrival from Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, aboard an Ethiopian Airways flight on Thursday, 11th June 2026.
A thorough search of his luggage led to the recovery of 14 towels and shirts, all soaked in liquid cocaine, dried and well ironed.
In his statement, the suspect claimed he has lived for over 14 years in Brazil, where he runs an African restaurant. He added that he was in Nigeria to see his wife and buy foodstuff in bulk for his restaurant.
Meanwhile, a 60-year-old woman, Chidimma Sunday, and a 28-year-old man, Abubakar Usman, both persons living with disability, have been taken into NDLEA custody in Abia and Rivers States respectively following their involvement in illicit drug trade.
While Chidimma was nabbed with 1.8kg of skunk by the Umuosu Vigilante Group in Umuna Autonomous Community, Isiala Ngwa North LGA, Abia State, and handed over to NDLEA on Wednesday, 10th June, Abubakar was arrested at Rumuokoro, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with 400 grams of skunk, 5 grams of methamphetamine, 100 grams of tramadol, 5 grams of swinol, and 18 grams of diazepam during a raid by NDLEA officers on Tuesday, 9th June.
In Delta State, NDLEA operatives on Monday, 8th June, arrested a suspect, Onya Jude, 36, in possession of five gas cylinders used to conceal 2.8 kilograms of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, at Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South LGA.
This was followed by the arrest of two notorious dealers, Jamilu Idris (a.k.a Jama), 40, and Aminu Abdullahi (a.k.a Momo), 33, at Kasuwan Katako area of Gombe, Gombe State.
They were caught with three large blocks of skunk weighing 2.738kg at the time of their arrest by NDLEA operatives.
While Ngozi Gaius, 39, was nabbed along Zaria/Kano Road, Kano State, on Friday, 12th June, conveying 6,000 pills of tramadol 225mg, two suspects, Nasiru Hamza, 47, and Muhammad Sani, 38, were intercepted by NDLEA operatives on patrol along Bode Saadu Road, Kwara State, conveying 600 compressed blocks of skunk weighing 304kg in a black Toyota jeep with special registration number P JHR 783 on Tuesday, 9th June.
In Taraba State, NDLEA officers acting on credible intelligence on Saturday, 13th June, raided the warehouse of a notorious dealer, Ali Adamu, 45, at Maihula Village, Bali LGA, where 63 jumbo bags of cannabis sativa weighing 1,121.5 kilograms were recovered.
On the same day, operatives on patrol along Gwagwalada Expressway, FCT Abuja, arrested Emmanuel Nnadi, 46, and seized assorted illicit substances from him, including:
30,400 pills of tramadol (225mg and 100mg)
750 pills of pregabalin 300mg
200 pills of molly
592 bottles of codeine-based syrup
A large consignment of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 1,102 kilograms, was also recovered around Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos, on Saturday, 13th June.
With the same zeal, commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities in schools, worship centres, workplaces, and communities during the past week.
These activities included WADA enlightenment lectures for students and staff of:
Government Science School, Lafia, Nasarawa State
Community Secondary School, Imufu, Enugu Ezike, Enugu State
Araromi Junior Secondary School, Adekunle Sari-Iganmu, Ijora, Lagos State
Traditional leaders in Minjibir LGA, Kano State
St. Charles College, Onitsha, Anambra State
Additionally, the Rivers State Command of NDLEA paid a WADA advocacy visit to His Royal Majesty, Eze Onyekachi Amaonwu, the Paramount Ruler of Eberi Omuma Kingdom, among other stakeholders.
While commending the officers, men and women of MMIA, Abia, Rivers, Kano, Kwara, Delta, Gombe, Lagos, and FCT Commands for the arrests and seizures, 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 continue to surpass their previous records.
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