The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted consignments of cocaine and various opioids concealed in carton walls and packaged for shipment to the United Kingdom and Australia.
The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, revealing that the seizures were made at a courier company in Lagos on Friday, May 15, 2026, during routine examination of outbound cargo.
Babafemi said operatives recovered 170 grams of cocaine sealed in cellophane parcels and hidden inside the walls of a carton containing clothes bound for Australia.
He added that another shipment destined for the United Kingdom contained a range of opioids concealed in a carton. The items recovered included 200 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 1,100 capsules of tramadol, and 100 ampoules of promethazine injection.
In a separate operation, NDLEA officers on patrol along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway intercepted a large cache of military-grade ammunition on Tuesday, May 12.
According to Babafemi, a 35-year-old suspect identified as Abdullahi Hassan was arrested while transporting 1,989 rounds of RLA 7.62mm ammunition concealed inside sacks of fresh white cassava granules, popularly known as garri.
“The suspect and the exhibit have since been transferred to the appropriate security agency for further investigation,” Babafemi stated.
The NDLEA spokesperson further disclosed that operatives also recovered a 25-litre jerry can of palm oil used to conceal 1.2kg of tramaking 225mg pills at Kofar Ruwa Motor Park in Kano on Monday, May 11, following credible intelligence.
