A woman attempting to smuggle over 2.5 kilograms of cocaine to Iran was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Sunday, May 3, 2025.
The suspect, identified as Ihensekhien Miracle Obehi, had disguised in a hijab in an attempt to evade detection while boarding a Qatar Airways flight to Iran via Doha. According to a statement by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the agency acted on credible intelligence and intercepted Obehi at the departure hall.
“During her search, our officers discovered three wraps of cocaine concealed in her private part, two large parcels hidden in false compartments of her handbag, and 67 pellets she had swallowed,” Babafemi said.
He added, “She admitted she was meant to ingest 70 pellets but couldn’t continue after 67. She decided to insert the remaining three into her private part.” Obehi was placed under excretion observation and later expelled all 67 pellets. The total weight of the seized cocaine was 2.523 kilograms.
In a separate operation at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Friday, May 9, NDLEA operatives arrested a 22-year-old British national, Campell Kaizra Kofi Johannes Slifer, with two suitcases containing 35 parcels of “Loud,” a potent strain of cannabis weighing 37.6 kilograms. Slifer, who admitted to previous convictions in the UK for drug trafficking and robbery, said he was recruited in London to collect the drugs in Thailand and deliver them to Nigeria.
Meanwhile, NDLEA agents in Niger State intercepted a fuel tanker and three vehicles along the Suleja-Kaduna road on Wednesday, May 7, seizing 246 bags of skunk cannabis totaling 3,047 kilograms. Four suspects were arrested in connection with the haul.
Additional seizures and arrests reported across the country included:
109,914 pills of tramadol, swinol, and nitrazepam recovered from two suspects in the Ijora area of Lagos.
52.5 kilograms of skunk found with two suspects in Sanga LGA, Kaduna State.
45,400 pills of tramadol (225mg) intercepted in Kwara State.
526 blocks of skunk weighing 505 kilograms seized in Bauchi State, with two suspects arrested.
775 litres of codeine syrup found in Kano during a raid on a suspected drug hideout.
1.1 kilograms of Loud hidden in a pillow intercepted at a courier company in Lagos.
The NDLEA has reiterated its commitment to intensifying its crackdown on drug trafficking networks across the country.
