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NDLEA Arrests Thai Lady, Others For Drug Trafficking

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LAGOS – The operatives of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said they have arrested a 24-year-old Thai lady with boxes of illicit drug consignments at the Lagos Airport. 

The agency also said it intercepted UK-bound drug shipments concealed in walls of crated cartons. 

Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, who disclosed this on 

Sunday, February 23, 2025, said the 

attempt by a 24-year-old Thai lady, Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60 kilogrammes into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos was thwarted by operatives of the agency, who arrested her after discovering the illicit consignment in her boxes. 

The suspect who confessed to being a hired drug trafficker, according to Babafemi, was arrested on Thursday February 20, 2025 during the inward clearance of passengers on Qatar Airways flight from Thailand via Doha, Qatar at the arrival hall, terminal 2 of the Lagos airport. 

“She said the drug cartel, which recruited her promised to pay her $3,000 upon successful delivery of the illicit drug consignment in Nigeria. 

“Another bid by a drug trafficking syndicate to ship 68 parcels of Ghanaian Loud with a total weight of 42.2kg concealed in walls of crated cartons to London, UK, through the export shed of the Lagos airport was also frustrated by NDLEA officers on Friday February 21. Three suspects: a freight agent and two dispatch riders were initially arrested in connection with the seizure before the mastermind of the shipment, Samuel Bitris, was swiftly traced to his Exodus Estate, Ajah, Lagos home where he was arrested,” Babafemi said. 

He added that at the Port Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers State, NDLEA officers on Thursday, February 20, intercepted 49 cartons containing 49,000 pills of tamol, a brand of tramadol 225mg in a 40ft. container during a joint examination of the shipment with men of Customs Service and other security agencies. 

Also, in Nasarawa State, he said NDLEA operatives on Saturday, February 22, arrested two suspects: Bello Adamu, 40, and Pius Azuka, 42 at Kokona/Keffi with 517kg of skunk, while two other suspects: Usman Ruwa, 43, and Yunusa Haruna, 45, were nabbed in a Toyota Corolla car conveying 62.7 kilograms of skunk along Sabon Asibiti road Kontagora, Niger State on Thursday February 20. 

“With the same vigour, commands and formations of the agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA), sensitisation activities to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week. They include: WADA sensitisation lecture to students and staff of Maku Grammar School, Tapa, Oyo state; Comprehensive Secondary School, Orogwe, Imo State; Jama’atu Islamiyya Secondary School, Ankpa, Kogi state; and Owerri-Aba Primary School, Ugwunagba, Imo State, among others.” 

While commending the officers and men of MMIA, PHPC, Niger, and Nasarwa Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Rtd) stated that their operational successes and those of their compatriots across the country especially their balanced approach to drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts are well appreciated. 

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