Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine concealed inside a local mortar and the false bottom of a backpack, both packaged for shipment to China and Italy through a Lagos logistics company.
The seizures were made by officers of the NDLEA’s Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) on Thursday, July 30, 2026. A total of 250 grams of cocaine was factory-fitted into the base of a local mortar destined for China, while another 500 grams was hidden in the false bottom of a backpack being shipped to Italy.
In Rivers State, NDLEA operatives arrested a 38-year-old suspected drug dealer, Ugo Gift Okonkwo, at Eagle Island in Port Harcourt following credible intelligence. He was apprehended on Sunday, July 26, with quantities of cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, Swinol, tramadol and codeine syrup.
In Anambra State, officers conducting a stop-and-search operation at the DMGS Roundabout in Onitsha intercepted a truck with registration number XK 131 BDG carrying 26,000 bottles of codeine syrup weighing 3,960 kilograms. The truck driver, Chinedu Nwanze, 40, was arrested.
Similarly, 331.84 kilograms of skunk were recovered from a Toyota Sienna bus with registration number KUJ 26 DV along the Kwale-Ughelli Expressway in Delta State on Sunday, July 26.
In Nasarawa State, NDLEA officers arrested a 64-year-old suspect, Joseph Nwaeke, on Tuesday, July 28, at Asso Angwan Muazu in the Karu area. He was found in possession of 68 kilograms of skunk and 29 grams of methamphetamine.
Meanwhile, in Zamfara State, operatives on patrol along the Zaria-Gusau highway intercepted a 27-year-old suspect, Sani Umar, on Monday, July 27, with 7,400 pills of tramadol (225mg), believed to be intended for supply to criminal elements.
