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India-bound brothers nabbed with cocaine at Lagos airport

The operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two brothers, 43-year-old John Abugu and 31-year-old Kenneth Abugu, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State with five kilograms of cocaine concealed in walls of their suitcases while attempting to board a flight to India.

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

They 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.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday, April 6.

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Babafemi added that the anti-drug agency continued its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities to schools, worship centres, workplaces, and communities, among others, in the past week.

He listed the activities to include WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Cave City Secondary School, Ogidi, Anambra State; residents of Dan’iyau village, Batagarawa LGA, Katsina State; and members of Nigerian Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers in Sangere and Kwanan Waya, Yola, Adamawa State; among others.

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