Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Friday 1st August, arrested a businesswoman Mrs. Nwafor Roseann Nneka at her shop within the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, Lagos.
This followed the interception of 100 grams of cocaine and 300 grams of phenacetine, a cutting agent, concealed in ladies’ lipsticks going to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, through the export shed of the Lagos airport on 10th July 2025, NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday.
He said “Two cargo agents linked to the shipment were earlier arrested before the eventual arrest of Nneka who runs the criminal trade as a family business with her husband Remigus Nwafor, currently on the run.
“In her statement, Mrs. Nwafor admitted she bought the lipsticks used to conceal the illicit drugs while her husband handled the actual concealment.”
Similarly, in Borno State on Friday NDLEA operatives at the arrival hall of the Muhammadu Buhari International Airport (MBIAM) Maiduguri intercepted a consignment of 160 pills of tramadol concealed in footwears by a 38-year-old passenger, Umar Aminu who was promptly arrested.
