Categories: Crimes

NDLEA nabs 2 ladies for online drug sales

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two ladies for allegedly selling illicit drugs online.

The two ladies — Praise Nwogu, 19, and Ebong Emem Oghosa, 25 — who allegedly specialise in the production and online sale of brownies laced with illicit drugs were arrested in Benin, the capital of Edo State, on Saturday, November 22, 2025.

At the point of their arrest, Nwogu was found with 12 plates and a cup of drug-laced brownies laced, while Oghosa was nabbed with 76grams of skunk, 1.5grams of Colorado, and drug-laced brownies.

NDLEA intercepts drugs hidden in cylinders, auto parts at Lagos airport

The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, revealed that a raid at Ososo village in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State on November 18 led to the arrest of 35-year-old Shedrack Aminu, who was found with 59kg skunk.

Babafemi added that a couple — 55-year-old Onun Okoi Okpotum and his 52-year-old wife, Itam Okoi Okpotum — were arrested on November 19 at their warehouse located at 13 Park road, Ugep Yakur LGA of Cross River State, where 362 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 4,706 kilograms were recovered.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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