NDLEA intercepts UK, Australia-bound cocaine in Lagos

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine and various opioids concealed in cartons used to package clothes and other items going to the United Kingdom and Australia.

The two seizures were recorded at a courier company in Lagos during the examination of shipments going to the UK and Australia on Friday, May 15, 2026.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued on Sunday, said 170grams of cocaine sealed in cellophane parcels and concealed in a carton of clothes heading to Australia were recovered.

NDLEA busts international drug trafficking attempts, destroys 65,000kg of skunk

Babafemi disclosed that a wide range of opioids, including 200 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 1,100 capsules of tramadol, and 100 ampoules of promethazine injection, were recovered from another carton, which had the United Kingdom as its final destination.

He added that the NDLEA operatives raided Ejeonu village in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State, where they destroyed 27,500 kilograms of skunk on 11 hectares of farmland and recovered 22.9kg of the same substance on May 10.

Babafemi said a 52-year-old suspect, Ifeanyichukwu Peter, was arrested in a follow-up operation at Obiaruku in Delta State.