The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted illicit drugs hidden in machine cylinders and automobile parts at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State.
The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday, November 23, 2025.
Narrating the operation leading to the recovery, Babafemi stated that NDLEA officers on November 18 arrested two members of a drug trafficking organisation in Onitsha, Anambra State, when they showed up to take delivery of 5.40 kilograms of methamphetamine, 10.70 kilograms of Loud, 16grams of cocaine, 200grams of phenacetin, 200grams of methcathinone, and 100grams of caffeine concealed in pressure machine cylinders imported from South Africa.
Babafemi said the first to show up at a logistics company in Onitsha for the collection of the consignments was 30-year-old electrical appliances dealer Ebulue Lotanwa Uzochukwu who was promptly arrested while shortly after, another member of the syndicate, 51-year-old South Africa returnee Christopher Michael Ndibuisi, showed up and was equally arrested
The NDLEA spokesman noted that the consignments arrived the import shed of the Lagos airport from South Africa on a Tag-Angola flight on November 13 and was immediately seized based on credible intelligence.
He said a follow-up sting operation was organised in Onitsha, where the recipients – Uzochukwu and Ndibuisi – were arrested.
Babafemi said the NDLEA operatives, in another operation at the Lagos airport on November 20, intercepted a brake servo automobile part used to conceal 48 pellets and a block of cocaine with a gross weight of 2.30 kilograms packed among other auto parts going to Gabon.
“Following the arrest of a freight agent Ameh Solomon who presented the consignment for export, a follow up at ASMPDA market, Trade Fair Complex, Ojo Lagos led to the arrest of an auto parts dealer Nwafor Tochukwu Boniface,” Babafemi disclosed.
