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Lagos businessman arrested over 3.3kg cocaine shipment to UK
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA arrested Onuigbo Ndubisi Chinedu, a 55-year-old Lagos businessman, for attempting to export 3.30kg of cocaine to the United Kingdom. The cocaine was found concealed in the walls of cartons packaging foodstuffs. Chinedu, a clothing trader at Balogun Market, was apprehended on Thursday, July 23, 2026, following the interception of the shipment at Murtala Muhammed International Airport the previous day. Three cargo agents, Nkwor Onyekachukwu Justina, Adeleke Abiola Taoheed, and Ukanwa Grace Pilgrim, were initially arrested for handling the consignment, leading to the arrest of Kenneth Okakpu, who delivered the drugs. Okakpu's arrest identified Chinedu as the syndicate's leader. In other operations, NDLEA operatives arrested 31-year-old entrepreneur Emmanuella Chukwu-Edo with 2.80kg of Loud, a synthetic cannabis strain, and recovered 2.24 million pills of Tapentadol 250mg, valued at over N2.2 billion, from a shipment from India. At Apapa Seaport, 4,777 sachets of Canadian Loud, weighing 2,388.5kg and valued at over N7.1 billion, were discovered hidden in three vehicles within a shipping container. In Katsina State, NDLEA arrested Mustapha Sani with 323 rounds of military-grade ammunition and Abubakar Amadu with 73 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. In Edo State, a raid on a warehouse yielded 1,286kg of cannabis and 86kg of cannabis seeds, while Ojore Onweze and George Agwumede were arrested with 60kg and 13kg of skunk, respectively.
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