The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 52-year-old businessman, Ejiofor Godwin Emeka, on the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) for seeking to smuggle cocaine into Nigeria.

In a remark launched on Sunday, October 12, 2025, NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi mentioned Emeka was once stuck after a frame scan published 127 wraps of cocaine hidden within his frame.

Emeka, who reportedly owns clothes stores in Lagos and Onitsha, arrived in Nigeria from Bangkok, Thailand, on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 941 on October 8. The cocaine, weighing 1.388 kilograms, was once discovered hid in his abdomen and personal portions.

After the invention, NDLEA officials positioned him below shut watch till he excreted probably the most cocaine pellets, confirming the smuggling strive.

In a separate operation, NDLEA brokers in Lagos intercepted 3 applications of unlawful medicine headed to the United Kingdom. The parcels, seized from a courier business, contained methamphetamine, tramadol, pentazocine, and hashish cleverly hidden in glass ceramics, nutrition bottles, and natural packs.

The company additionally arrested a number of suspects, together with a freight agent and a cab motive force, over some other cargo of rohypnol capsules sure for South Africa.

Meanwhile, NDLEA officials in numerous states persisted their raids. In Edo, they recovered 47 kilograms of skunk throughout a raid in Ugbekpe Ekperi. In Osun, two males have been stuck with 635 kilograms of skunk hidden in a automobile. In Rivers State, officials seized 8.5 kilograms of the drug, whilst a suspect in Katsina was once arrested with 29.5 kilograms of hashish.

According to the NDLEA, the arrests and seizures display the company’s ongoing decision to combat drug trafficking and dismantle legal networks throughout Nigeria.