Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 12 large parcels of cocaine concealed in the false bottoms of food flasks, bound for the United Kingdom on a Virgin Atlantic flight from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.

The consignment, with a gross weight of 2.80 kilogrammes, was seized on Thursday, April 9, 2026, by NDLEA operatives at the airport’s export shed. Two cargo agents, Ama Obinna Ufeim, 33, and Ogabi Monday Akorede, 39, were arrested. Further investigation identified a 52-year-old freight forwarding agent, Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola, as the sender of the shipment. He was arrested in a follow-up operation.

In a separate operation, NDLEA officers at the import shed of the Lagos airport on Wednesday, April 8, intercepted 2.90 kilogrammes of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis concealed in snack packs. The consignment arrived from the United States aboard a Delta Airlines flight. Two cargo clearing agents, Animashaun Moshood Adetunji and Mercy Gabriel Oluwasegun, were initially arrested. The consignee, Saheed Adeshina Adegoke, a 29-year-old fashion designer, was later apprehended at 3 Oba Ogunji Road, Ogba, Lagos, on Monday, April 13.

In Kaduna State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Kaduna–Zaria highway at Gwargwaje, Zaria, on Monday, April 13, intercepted a trailer carrying cement to Hadeja in Jigawa State. A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 760 blocks and 33 jumbo bags of skunk, weighing 847 kilogrammes. The driver, Umar Garba Haruna, 33, was arrested.

In Cross River State, a 53-year-old woman, Alice Sunday Udoh, was arrested on Thursday, April 16, after NDLEA officers, supported by soldiers, raided a forest in Uwet community, Akamkpa Local Government Area. During the operation, 15,000 kilogrammes of skunk cultivated on six hectares of farmland were destroyed, while 119 kilogrammes were recovered.

Another cannabis farm was raided on Tuesday, April 14, at Saboro Camp, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. NDLEA operatives destroyed 2,281.43 kilogrammes of the substance. Three suspects — Nweke Smart, 27; Christopher Egbe, 62; and Monday Ayan, 45 — were arrested. Christopher and Ayan were found in possession of 38.5 kilogrammes of cannabis and seeds.

In Delta State, two suspects, Sunday Odili, 49, and Ijenebe Joshua, 39, were arrested with 87.838 kilogrammes of skunk and seeds at the Powerline area of Okwo on Friday, April 17.

In Lagos, NDLEA operatives arrested Chinedu Ogbekene and Zindozin Aloukou Bienvenu on Wednesday, April 15, at Mile 2 along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway. The suspects were transporting 11,900 capsules of tramadol and 400 ampoules of phenobarbital injection in a truck bound for Ghana. On the same day, officers raided a two-storey building in Petti, Lagos Island, recovering 95.8 kilogrammes of skunk.