NDLEA foils drug shipments hidden in prayer beads to US, S-Arabia, others

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has, yesterday, thwarted attempts by drug trafficking organisations to move illicit consignments of cocaine, tramadol, loud, molly, and other drugs, concealed in prayer beads, packs of board games and female clothing to the United States of America, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Poland and the United Arab Emirates.

The agency's spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said two suspects behind some of the aborted shipments at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos, have been arrested.

In a statement, he said, among other things, "One of the suspects is a 43-year-old businesswoman, Jakpor Egware May, who was nabbed at the Gate 'C' departure hall of the Lagos airport while attempting to board an Air France flight to Italy on Saturday, March 8, 2025.

"When she was searched, 190 parcels of tramadol 225mg and another parcel of skunk (a strain of cannabis) were recovered from her luggage.

"In her statement, she claimed that she bought the drugs herself with the intention to resell them in Italy.

"At the export shed of the Lagos airport, NDLEA officers, on Tuesday, March 11, arrested a 60-year-old suspect, Yahaya Fatai Ayinla, while attempting to ship a cargo containing clothes used to conceal 400 grams of skunk headed to New York, USA.

"At various logistics companies in Lagos, efforts by drug traffickers to export over two kilograms of loud, molly, tramadol 365mg, and 225mg hidden in vitamin C bottles and female clothing to the US were frustrated by NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI).

"Other shipments of 230 grams of cocaine concealed in prayer beads, soles of locally made shoes, and packs of board games heading to Saudi Arabia, Poland, and the UAE were also intercepted between Monday, March 10, and Wednesday, March 12."

"In Kano, a total of 727 blocks of compressed skunk, weighing 479kg, were recovered from a 40-year-old suspect, Hassan Haruna, who was arrested by NDLEA operatives in the Chalawa area of the state on Wednesday, March 12.

"No fewer than 58,300 pills of tramadol were intercepted along the Kabba-Obajana highway in Kogi State in a commercial bus traveling from Lagos en route to Abuja on Tuesday, March 11." 

"Raid operations in Kachia, Kaduna State, on Thursday, March 13, led to the arrest of Idris Hamza, 21, with 4,900 pills of tramadol 225mg seized from him.

"A similar operation in the Hayin Banki area of Kaduna North LGA on Friday, March 14, resulted in the arrest of 25-year-old Aminu Magaji, from whom 2,900 tablets of tramadol 225mg were recovered.

"A total of 40,200 tablets of tramadol 225mg were recovered from the duo of Olowoko Faruk and Akeem Ridwan along the Ilorin-Jebba expressway, Bode Saadu, Kwara State, on Friday, March 14.

"NDLEA operatives also seized 21,700 capsules of the same opioid from a suspect, Salisu Usman, along the Eiyenkorin expressway, Ilorin, on Thursday, March 13."

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