China-Bound Auto Parts Dealer Excretes 95 Cocaine Wraps At Kano Airport — NDLEA
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 62-year-old Lagos-based auto parts dealer, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, after he was caught attempting to smuggle cocaine to China through the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano.
Izueke was apprehended on Saturday, January 31, 2026, during passenger clearance for Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940 en route to China via Addis Ababa.
According to the NDLEA, a body scan conducted on the suspect returned positive for ingested illicit substances, prompting his immediate placement under excretion observation.
“While under observation, the suspect excreted 95 jumbo wraps of cocaine in seven separate excretions, with a total weight of 1.589 kilograms,” the agency said.
During interrogation, Izueke, who claimed to operate a clothing and auto spare parts business in Lagos, admitted to trafficking the drugs in a bid to raise funds to complete a country home in Iwollo, Enugu State.
Meanwhile, the NDLEA recorded multiple breakthroughs in coordinated operations across several states.
In the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), operatives raided a makeshift warehouse in Kubwa, recovering 627.7 kilograms of skunk (cannabis).
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The agency also foiled attempts by Ebube Okeke, Evans Ugwu, Mohammed Eze Arinze, and Friday Michael to smuggle methamphetamine concealed inside MP3 speakers from Enugu to Abuja and Kaduna. The suspects were arrested between February 6 and 7.
On February 6, NDLEA officers intercepted 1.8 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in Hollandia yoghurt packs en route from Lagos to Mubi, Adamawa State, arresting Yusuf Abubakar, 32.
In Oyo State, operatives arrested Shuaibu Abdulrahman, 29, with 149.6 kilograms of skunk, while Adeniyi Adeola (aka Prince) was apprehended in Ibadan with over 128,000 units of tramadol and pentazocine.
Also in Ibadan, suspected drug kingpin Jimoh Nurudeen, 40, was arrested alongside Ogundipe Yusuf, 27, with eight litres of precursor chemicals, cannabis, cash, and vehicles allegedly used for the production of synthetic cannabis.
In Kwara State, NDLEA recovered 395,400 capsules of tramadol concealed in a fuel tanker traveling from Lagos to Maiduguri.
Further seizures were recorded in Imo State (203kg of skunk) and Ondo State (420kg of skunk), while the agency’s Marine Command intercepted 31 wraps of cocaine from a suspect arriving from Côte d’Ivoire.
In Badagry, Lagos, NDLEA operatives seized Canadian Loud and Colorado cannabis from Adekunle Oluwatosin Olajide, while another suspect, Emeka Okeke, was arrested in Enugu State with assorted illicit drugs.