The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled no fewer than six syndicates leading to the seizure of tons of assorted illicit drugs and the arrest of nine kingpins in series of intelligence-led interdiction operations.
Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday.
Babafemi said in one of such operations, NDLEA officers last Tuesday arrested two members of a drug trafficking organisation in Onitsha, Anambra State when they showed up to take delivery of 5.40 kilogrammes of methamphetamine; 10.70 kilogrammes of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis; 16grammes of cocaine; 200grammes of phenacetin; 200grammes of methcathinone and 100grammes of caffeine concealed in pressure machine cylinders imported from South Africa.
“The first to show up at a logistics company in Onitsha for the collection of the consignments was 30-year-old electrical appliances dealer Ebulue Lotanwa Uzochukwu who was promptly arrested while shortly after, another member of the syndicate 51-year-old South Africa returnee Christopher Michael Ndibuisi showed up and was equally arrested.
“The consignments had arrived the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja-Lagos with airway bill number 118-12882973 arriving from South Africa on a Tag-Angola flight on November 13, 2025 and was seized based on credible intelligence. A follow up sting operation was organised in Onitsha, Anambra State where the recipients – Uzochukwu and Ndibuisi – were arrested.
“In another operation at the Lagos airport, NDLEA operatives on November 20 intercepted a brake servo automobile part used to conceal 48 pellets and a block of cocaine with a gross weight of 2.30 kilogrammes packed among other auto parts going to Gabon.’’