NDLEA nabs Thai woman at Lagos airport with illicit drugs

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have thwarted an attempt by a 24-year-old Thai woman, Ms. PattaphiWimonnat, to allegedly smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60kgs into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.

The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja in a statement, said the suspect was arrested after the illicit consignment was discovered in her boxes.

“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, terminal 2 of the Lagos airport,” Babafemi said.

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

Also, another bid by a drug trafficking syndicate to ship 68 parcels of Ghanaian Loud with a total weight of 42.2kgs concealed in walls of crated cartons to London, UK, through the export shed of the Lagos airport was 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 Bitrus, was traced to his Exodus Estate, Ajah, Lagos home where he was arrested.