China-bound auto parts dealer excretes 95 wraps of cocaine — NDLEA

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, while attempting to travel to China with 95 jumbo cocaine wraps weighing 1.589 kilograms concealed in his stomach.

The arrest occurred on Saturday, 31 January 2026, during passenger clearance for Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940 to China via Addis Ababa. “When taken for a body scan, he tested positive for ingesting illicit drugs and was promptly placed under excretion observation. While under observation, he expelled 95 pellets in seven excretions,” NDLEA stated.

Izueke, who claims to run a clothing and auto parts business in Lagos, admitted trafficking cocaine to raise funds to complete a country home in Iwollo, Enugu State

In separate operations, NDLEA seized 627.7 kilograms of skunk (cannabis) from a makeshift warehouse in Kubwa, FCT. The agency also foiled attempts by Ebube Okeke, Evans Ugwu, Mohammed Eze Arinze, and Friday Michael to smuggle methamphetamine hidden in MP3 speakers from Enugu to Abuja and Kaduna, arresting them between 6–7 February.

On 6 February, officers intercepted 1.8 kilograms of meth concealed in Hollandia yogurt packs from Lagos to Mubi, Adamawa State, with suspect Yusuf Abubakar, 32, in custody. In Oyo State, NDLEA arrested Shuaibu Abdulrahman, 29, with 149.6 kilograms of skunk.

, and Adeniyi Adeola (aka Prince) in Ibadan with over 128,000 units of tramadol and pentazocine.Drug kingpin Jimoh Nurudeen, 40, was also arrested in Ibadan with accomplice Ogundipe Yusuf, 27, along with 8 liters of precursor chemicals, cannabis, cash, and vehicles used in synthetic cannabis production.

In Kwara State, NDLEA recovered 395,400 tramadol capsules concealed in a fuel tanker traveling from Lagos to Maiduguri. In Imo and Ondo states, operatives seized 203kg and 420kg of skunk, respectively. The Marine Command intercepted 31 cocaine wraps from a suspect arriving from Côte d’Ivoire.

in Badagry, Lagos. Additional seizures included Canadian Loud and Colorado cannabis from Adekunle Oluwatosin Olajide in Lagos, and various drugs from Emeka Okeke in Enugu.

Culled from vanguard