NDLEA nabs 2 British men for attempting to smuggle drugs into Nigeria

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two British nationals, Mhizha Jordan Alexander Tatendra and Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, and two Nigerians, Shonowo Oluwaseun Imole and Ofuoma Omokaro Ayobami, for attempting to smuggle into Nigeria 92 bags of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, weighing 51.10kg through 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, May 25, 2025.

Babafemi said Alexander was intercepted with the consignment upon his arrival at the Lagos airport on a Qatar Airline flight from Doha based on May 15.

He stated that the suspect was allowed to pass through the security control unhindered and closely monitored by NDLEA operatives to the car park, where the owner of the cargo, Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, who is a Nigerian British, was waiting in an SUV along with his relation, Shonowo Oluwaseun Imole, and the driver of the vehicle, Ofuoma Omokaro Ayobami, to receive the courier.

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Babafemi noted that the NDLEA operatives tracking the suspects however swooped on them as they attempted to drive out of the airport car park, arresting them with the drug exhibits in the vehicle.

The NDLEA spokesman revealed that Alexander confessed that he was recruited during his vacation weeks ago while he was promised 1,300 British pounds after a successful delivery of the consignment in Lagos.

Babafemi added: “The arrowhead of the syndicate, Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, confessed that he arrived in Nigeria a day earlier from South Africa through Ghana.

“A follow-up operation at their apartment in Lekki led to more discoveries. At the point of his arrest, N93,000 and 17,200 South African Rand were recovered from him, while a search of his Lekki apartment, led to the seizure of N3,810,500 cash, an Apple laptop, an iPhone 14 Pro Max, and four laughing gas (Nitro Oxide) canisters.”

The Star