NDLEA intercepts drugs hidden in ladies’ bags, nabs wanted couple in Ekiti

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of ADB Chminaca, a synthetic cannabinoid classified as a dangerous new psychoactive substance (NPS), at a courier firm in Lagos State.

The shipment coming from China with a gross weight of 9.5 kilograms was concealed in a carton.

This was followed by another seizure on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at a different logistics company in Lagos where 300grams of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, was found hidden in ladies’ handbags.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued on Sunday, added that the anti-narcotic officers raided the home of a wanted drug dealer, Lukman Badmus popularly known as Lukman Ogombo, in Ogombo area of Ajah in Lagos State, where nine bottles of codeine syrup and 30 grams of skunk were recovered on Friday, June 19.

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Babafemi stated that a swift follow-up operation at Lukman’s wife shop in Patey area of Lagos Island led to the recovery of additional two bottles of codeine and drug paraphernalia, while 42 compressed blocks of skunk weighing 22.5kg were also recovered from a mini bus parked in front of her shop.

He said an attempt by the wife, Aisha Saraki, to flush some of the drug exhibits in the toilet during the raid was thwarted by NDLEA operatives.

Babafemi further disclosed that a couple – James Tony Chukwudi, 48, and 35-year-old James Kehinde – wanted in connection with the seizure of 117 kilograms of skunk since March 2026 in Ekiti State were eventually arrested in Efon-Alaaye-Ekiti on June 16 after months on the run.