*Nigeria鈥檚 National Drug Law Enforcement Agency explains how the operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the anti-narcotics organisation recently arrested John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, in Lagos, with 5kilograms cocaine concealed in suitcases while attempting to board a flight to India

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In continuation of its offensive against drug trafficking and substance abuse in Nigeria, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested two brothers with 5kgs cocaine concealed in walls of their suitcases while attempting to board a flight to India, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, in Lagos.

Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, who disclosed this development in a statement Sunday, April 6, 2025, said the operatives nabbed the two brothers 鈥� John Abugu, 43 and Kenneth Abugu, 31 鈥� Thursday, April 3, following proactive processing of credible intelligence.

The agency stated following their arrest, the drug trafficking suspects claimed that they were travelling to India for medical treatment.

The statement also noted the NDLEA said but when their suitcases were thoroughly searched by agency鈥檚 officers, whitish powdery substances later confirmed to be cocaine were discovered on the walls of their bags.

Babafemi stated: 鈥淥peratives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two brothers: John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, Lagos with 5kilograms cocaine concealed in walls of their suitcases while attempting to board a flight to India.

鈥淭he two brothers were arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday 3rd April 2025 following proactive processing of credible intelligence.

鈥淭hey claimed they were travelling to India for medical treatment but when their suitcases were thoroughly searched by NDLEA officers, whitish powdery substances later confirmed to be cocaine were discovered on the walls of their bags.鈥�

In a related development, the NDLEA said it Officers of the MMIA Strategic Command same Thursday also intercepted a 20-year-old Ghanaian-British man, Parker Darren Hazekia Osei, with 36 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 19.40kgs packed in a giant travelling bag.

Likewise, in Abia State, NDLEA officers Saturday, 5th April, arrested a 75-year-old grandpa, Nna Nnanna Felix with 1.6kgs skunk, a strain of cannabis during a raid at Umunteke Asa, Ukwa West Local Government Area (LGA), while another suspect David Chinemerem, 21, was nabbed with 2,050 ampoules of pentazocine at 7 Nnajiego Lane, Umuode road, Aba on Tuesday 1st April.

The statement further noted: 鈥淭he suspect who claims he is a student of Computer Science at East London University, UK, was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Bangkok, Thailand, at the E-arrival hall of the Lagos airport.鈥�

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy said: 鈥淚n his statement, the techie claims he lives with his parents in the UK but left London about a week ago for Bangkok where he picked up the illicit drug consignment to deliver in Nigeria.鈥�