The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted cocaine consignments concealed in lipsticks and property title documents going to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia respectively.
Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Sunday said the illicit drug consignments were recovered from cargos being prepared for shipment at a courier company in Lagos on Thursday 3rd July, 2025 by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) attached to the logistics firm.
He noted: “A total of 420grams of cocaine factory fitted in 84 pieces of female lipsticks heading to the UK were seized, while 280grams of the same Class A drug were uncovered in a property title document (Certificate of Occupancy, C of O) being sent to Saudi Arabia.”
Babafemi also revealed that a notorious drug kingpin Ajetsibo Emami popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’ was on Saturday, 28th June arrested in Ikeja Lagos after NDLEA operatives dismantled his drug trafficking network in a three-day operation leading to the arrest of three other suspects.
He stressed that recovered from Emami’s network were 24 jumbo bags containing 681 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 414.2 kilograms.
Babafemi added that the bust of Emami’s drug ring followed credible intelligence on his attempt to move the shipment to the Lekki area of Lagos, from where it will be distributed to other parts of the state and across the country.
He said a businessman Ajah Uchenna and his wife Rosemary Uchenna along with their two daughters: Stella Uchenna and Ngozi Uchenna as well as their family friend Okoro Elijah have been taken into custody after investigation revealed they run a major illicit drug distribution network in Lagos
According to him, The couple was first arrested on Friday 13th June by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Ojo area of the state and transferred to NDLEA along with 277.5kg skunk.
Babafemi noted that while they were still being investigated in custody, credible intelligence revealed that the family business was going on in his house.
He said: “This led to a raid of their home and a packing store where 231kg of same substance was recovered on Tuesday 1st July.
“Three persons arrested during the raid include their two daughters: Ngozi Uchenna and Blessing Uchenna as well as their family friend Okoro Elijah, who were running the family business in the absence of the couple.”