Lagos trader arrested over cocaine concealed in food cartons bound for UK

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, person arrested a 55-year-old Lagos businessman, Onuigbo Ndubisi Chinedu, for allegedly attempting to export 3.30 kilograms of cocaine hidden wrong the walls of cartons utilized to bundle nutrient items for shipment to the United Kingdom.

Chinedu, a covering trader astatine the fashionable Balogun Market connected Lagos Island, was arrested connected Thursday, July 23, 2026, aft NDLEA operatives intercepted the cause consignment astatine the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, a time earlier.

According to a connection by the agency, investigations initially led to the apprehension of 3 cargo agents identified arsenic Nkwor Onyekachukwu Justina, Adeleke Abiola Taoheed and Ukanwa Grace Pilgrim, who handled the shipment.

Their apprehension aboriginal resulted successful the apprehension of Kenneth Okakpu, who delivered the consignment to the cargo agents for onward shipment to the UK.

The bureau said Okakpu’s apprehension yet exposed Chinedu arsenic the alleged kingpin down the cause trafficking syndicate. He was subsequently arrested portion allegedly making different effort to nonstop a caller cocaine consignment to the United Kingdom.

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