NDLEA Nabs Thai Lady At Lagos Airport With Illicit Drugs

A Thai national, identified as Ms Pattaphi Wimonnat, has been arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency while attempting to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud into Nigeria.

The 24 years old suspect, confessed to being a hired drug trafficker.

She was apprehended on February 20, 2025, during the inward clearance of passengers on a Qatar Airways flight from Thailand via Doha, Qatar, at the arrival hall of Terminal 2, Lagos Airport.

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In a statement on Sunday by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said that the drug cartel that recruited her had promised to pay her $3,000 upon the successful delivery of the illicit consignment in Nigeria.

The statement reads: “An attempt by a 24-year-old Thai woman, Ms Pattaphi Wimonnat, to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60 kilograms, into Nigeria through Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, has been thwarted by NDLEA operatives, who arrested her after discovering the illicit consignment in her luggage.

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

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