WOMAN ARRESTED AT LAGOS TRADE FAIR MARKET OVER COCAINE CONCEALED IN LIPSTICKS

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted consignments of cocaine and tramadol concealed in seventy-one vehicle side mirrors.

The consignment of illicit drugs was being sent to Libreville, Gabon through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos.

Operatives also arrested at three suspects, identified as OSINACHI BENEDICT, UZOCHUKWU GODSPOWER CHUKWURAH and NWAFOR ROSEANN NNEKA.

“The first batch of the consignment consisting 57,420 pills of tramadol 225mg and 57 pellets of Cocaine weighing 1.60kg was intercepted in a cargo going to Gabon on Air Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday 19th July 2025.

“A popular cargo agent Ihekweme Osinachi Benedict handling the shipment was immediately arrested, after which further investigation led to the arrest of another suspect Uzochukwu Godspower Chukwurah on Sunday 20th July.

“Eleven parcels of cocaine with a total weight of 1kg were later recovered from four additional side mirrors being prepared for export found in the home of Uzochukwu on Monday 21st July, bringing the total number of parcels of cocaine to 68 weighing 2.60 kilograms.

NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, who confirmed the development, said operatives on Friday August 1, 2025, also arrested a businesswoman Mrs. Nwafor Roseann Nneka at her shop within the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, Lagos following the interception of 100 grams of cocaine and 300 grams of phenacetine, a cutting agent, concealed in ladies’ lipsticks going to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, through the export shed of the Lagos airport on 10th July 2025.

“Two cargo agents linked to the shipment were earlier arrested before the eventual arrest of Nneka who runs the criminal trade as a family business with her husband Remigus Nwafor, currently on the run. In her statement, Mrs. Nwafor admitted she bought the lipsticks used to conceal the illicit drugs while her husband handled the actual concealment.