The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Sunday, said its operatives had arrested two brothers, John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, with 5 kilograms of cocaine concealed in the walls of their suitcases while attempting to board a flight to India.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Sunday, said its operatives had arrested two brothers, John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, with 5 kilograms of cocaine concealed in the walls of their suitcases while attempting to board a flight to India.
NDLEA announced that the two brothers were arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday, 3rd April 2025, following proactive processing of credible intelligence.
This was made known by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja.
Babafemi disclosed that the suspects claimed they were traveling 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 in the walls of their bags.
In a similar development, Babafemi announced that NDLEA officers of the MMIA Strategic Command, on the same day, Thursday, 3rd April, intercepted a 20-year-old Ghanaian-British man, Parker Darren Hazekia Osei, with 36 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 19.40 kg, packed in a giant traveling bag.
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