Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a woman, Oluchi Celestine, in the Lekki area of Lagos on November 18 after she was found with 2.6kg of Colorado, some of which had been concealed in branded containers and inside flight boarding passes.
The agency, in a statement on Sunday by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the concealment method was aimed at evading routine checks and reflected evolving smuggling tactics.
“A lady, Oluchi Celestine, was on Tuesday, November 18, nabbed in Lekki with 2.6kg of Colorado packaged in branded containers and some concealed in flight boarding cards,” the statement partly read.
Babafemi also said operatives arrested two members of a drug syndicate in Onitsha, Anambra State, who had arrived to collect 5.40kg of methamphetamine; 10.70kg of Loud; 16g of cocaine; 200g of phenacetin; 200g of methcathinone; and 100g of caffeine concealed in pressure machine cylinders imported from South Africa.
He said, “The NDLEA officers on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, arrested two members of a drug trafficking organisation in Onitsha, Anambra State, when they showed up to take delivery of 5.40 kilograms of methamphetamine; 10.70 kilograms of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis; 16 grams of cocaine; 200 grams of phenacetin; 200 grams of methcathinone; and 100 grams of caffeine concealed in pressure machine cylinders imported from South Africa.”
In another operation, Babafemi said airport operatives intercepted a brake-servo auto part stuffed with 48 pellets and a block of cocaine weighing 2.30kg on November 20.
He added that a freight agent, Ameh Solomon, and an auto parts dealer, Nwafor Boniface, were arrested.
“In another operation at the Lagos airport, the NDLEA operatives on Thursday, November 20, intercepted a brake-servo automobile part used to conceal 48 pellets and a block of cocaine with a gross weight of 2.30 kilograms packed among other auto parts going to Gabon.
“Following the arrest of a freight agent, Ameh Solomon, who presented the consignment for export, a follow-up at ASPMDA market, Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, Lagos, led to the arrest of an auto parts dealer, Nwafor Tochukwu Boniface,” the statement disclosed.
