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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) person intercepted 2 suspected cause traffickers who allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine and opioids by concealing them connected their bodies and wrong a fake pregnancy.
One of the suspects, a 35-year-old Kano-based businesswoman, Rabi Muhammad, was arrested astatine the Seme borderline portion attempting to question to Cotonou, Benin Republic, connected Monday, February 16, 2026.
According to the agency, officers became suspicious aft noticing her unusually ample tummy astatine the departure country of the border. A consequent hunt revealed that she was not pregnant.
The NDLEA stated that the gestation was fake, explaining that she had strapped a pink-coloured calabash to her tummy to simulate a babe bump.
A video posted by Sadiq Muhammad, the spokesperson of the NDLEA Seme Command, connected Facebook showed the pistillate being searched and the fake gestation being removed.
Inside the instrumentality were 3,200 capsules of tramadol, which she was allegedly transporting to Cotonou for sale.
The bureau said the apprehension forms portion of its ongoing efforts to curb cause trafficking done Nigeria’s borders and airports.
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