NDLEA intercepts UK-bound cocaine hidden in food flasks at Lagos airport

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 12 large parcels of cocaine concealed in false bottom of food flasks heading to the United Kingdom via a Virgin Atlantic Airline flight from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday, April 19, saying the cocaine consignment with a gross weight of 2.80 kilograms was intercepted by anti-narcotic operatives attached to the export shed of the Lagos airport on April 9, 2026.

Babafemi said two cargo agents involved in the export bid – Ama Obinna Ufeim, 33, and Ogabi 39-year-old Monday Akorede – were swiftly arrested.

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Babafemi said further investigation revealed a 52-year-old freight and forwarding agent, Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola, as the sender of the consignment, adding that the suspect was arrested in a follow-up operation.

He added that a 53-year-old female suspect, Alice Sunday Udoh, was arrested on Thursday, April 16, when NDLEA officers supported by soldiers raided a forest in Uwet community, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, where 15,000 kilograms of skunk on six hectares of farmland were destroyed and 119kg of same substance recovered.