Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted consignments of cocaine concealed in a local mortar and in the false bottom of a backpack being shipped to China and Italy through a logistics company in Lagos.
The seizures were made on Thursday, July 30, 2026, by officers of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations, DOGI.
According to a press statement signed by NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and issued on Sunday, August 2, 2026, the agency recovered 250 grams of cocaine factory-fitted into the base of a local mortar packed in a carton for export to China.
Another 500 grams of the same Class A drug was hidden in the false bottom of a backpack being shipped to Italy.
Notorious Dealer, Bandits’ Supplier Arrested in Multi-State Raids
In a week of coordinated operations across the country, NDLEA also arrested a 38-year-old notorious drug dealer, Ugo Gift Okonkwo, at Eagle Island, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Sunday, July 26.
The suspect was nabbed with various quantities of cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, swinol, tramadol and codeine syrup following credible intelligence.
In Anambra State, officers on stop-and-search duty at DMGS roundabout, Onitsha on Monday, July 27, intercepted a truck marked XK 131 BDG loaded with 26,000 bottles of codeine syrup weighing 3,960kg. The truck driver, Chinedu Nwanze, 40, was arrested.
In Delta State, 331.84 kilograms of skunk were recovered from a Toyota Sienna bus with registration number KUJ 26 DV along the Kwale/Ughelli expressway on Sunday, July 26.
NDLEA officers in Nasarawa State also arrested a 64-year-old man, Joseph Nwaeke, on Tuesday, July 28, with 68kg of skunk and 29 grams of methamphetamine at Asso Angwan Muazu, Karu area of the state.
In Zamfara, operatives on patrol along the Zaria-Gusau highway on Monday, July 27, intercepted Sani Umar, 27, conveying 7,400 pills of tramadol 225mg suspected to be supplies for criminal elements and bandits.
WADA Sensitization Continues
The Agency said its War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, sensitization activities continued in schools, worship centres, workplaces and communities. These included lectures at Hausawa Special Primary School, Kano; Royal Crown School, Oluyole, Ibadan; Government Secondary School, Ibi, Taraba; and drivers at Challenge Bus Terminal Park, Ibadan.
Commending officers of DOGI, Rivers, Anambra, Delta, Nasarawa, and Zamfara Commands, NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), urged them to sustain the Agency’s “balanced approach to drug control efforts.”