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A 34-year-old Ugandan woman, Farida Nansubuga, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on November 3, 2026, for attempting to smuggle 87 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.15 kilograms concealed beneath her underwear. Nansubuga had travelled to Nigeria with her church for a prayer session at the Synagogue Church of All Nations but stayed behind to collect the drugs for a friend in Uganda. She was intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) during a joint passenger screening exercise. In a separate operation, NDLEA operatives also intercepted 750,000 tablets of Tapentadol 250mg, weighing 526 kilograms, and 32 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 16.15 kilograms, at the Lagos airport.
The NDLEA has been active in intercepting various drug shipments and making arrests across the country. In addition to the Lagos airport seizures, operatives have also intercepted shipments of tramadol and cannabis in other states, including Ondo, Ekiti, and Edo. The agency continues to work on dismantling drug trafficking networks and reducing drug supply and demand in Nigeria.
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