NDLEA Intercepts Europe-Bound Meth Consignment, Arrests Suspects in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested two suspected drug kingpins, Victor Nwosa and Felix Chika Obiegbu, in different parts of Lagos while attempting to export a large consignment of consignments of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine to Europe.

A statement signed by Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, on Sunday revealed that the suspects who have been parading themselves as successful businessmen were arrested following weeks of intelligence gathering and surveillance on their criminal networks.

The statement reads, “Two drug kingpins: Victor Nwosa and Felix Chika Obiegbu have been arrested by operatives of a Special Operations Unit (SOU) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after consignments of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine being prepared for export to Europe and beyond were recovered from their Lagos homes following weeks of intelligence and surveillance on their criminal networks.

“While 64-year-old Nwosa parades himself as a successful textile merchant, 49-year-old Obiegbu is known to many as a businessman who is into wine distribution, but beneath their outward appearance is their hidden illicit drug business, unearthed by NDLEA operatives after months of intelligence gathering on the two syndicates led by them.

“At the time they were preparing their consignments for export, NDLEA-SOU operatives who had for months put them under surveillance, swooped on them in different parts of  Lagos. Nwosa was arrested on Wednesday, 17th September 2025, at his 16 Femi Kila Street, Okota home, where 4.33 kilograms of heroin and 448 grams of cocaine were recovered during a search of his house. In his case, Obiegbu was arrested on Thursday, 11th September at his 5 Shada Shonefun Street, Aguda Surulere home, where, in the course of a search, 2.902 kilograms of methamphetamine were uncovered and seized.”

Also, in another development, the agency revealed that a 56-year-old suspect, Adedamola Olayeni, was arrested with over 262 kilograms of skunk hidden in his Honda Pilot jeep at the Abuja-Kaduna tollgate while coming from Osogbo, Osun State, heading towards Katsina State.

The statement reads, “In Kaduna, a suspect, Adedamola Olayeni, 56, was arrested on Monday, 22nd September arrested with 404 blocks of skunk weighing 262.6kg at the Abuja – Kaduna tollgate. The consignment was found in his Honda Pilot jeep marked MKA 499 TT, coming from Osogbo, Osun state and heading to Katsina state.”

Another suspect, Zubairu  Haruna, 30, was on Wednesday, 24th September, found with 506grams of methamphetamine at the Gwantu – Fadan Karshi checkpoint, Kaduna, while a follow-up operation in Gombe state led to the arrest of the actual receiver of the consignment, Babangida Mohammed, 25.

The statement also revealed that no fewer than 85,100 pills of tramadol and other opioids were seized from a 3-man syndicate, Dauda Abubakar, Abdullahi Umar, and Ismaila Muhammed at Apapa area of Lagos on Monday, 22nd September, while NDLEA operatives in Abuja, the following day, Tuesday 23rd September, arrested Opeyemi Ogundipe, 40, with 2.1kg of Colorado along Abaji- Gwagwalada expressway.

In another operation carried out by the agency in Edo state on Tuesday, 23rd September, operatives destroyed a total of 12,115.6kg of skunk on 4.846244 hectares of cannabis plantation at Uromi forest in Esan West LGA. During the operation, two suspects, Ernest Uche, 44, and Felix Mugorga, 31, were arrested, and 345.5kg of processed substance was evacuated.

At Ogu forest, Igueben LGA, no less than 12,031.245kg of the same psychoactive substance was destroyed on 4.438442 hectares of cannabis farm on Wednesday, 24th September, with 106.1kg processed consignment evacuated. A  truck conveying 82 bags of skunk concealed in bags of charcoal with a total weight of 1,025kg was intercepted by NDLEA operatives along Wareke-Auchi road, Etsako West LGA, on Friday, 26th September, while two suspects, Kabiru Abdulahi, 35, and Anas Safiyanu, 20, were apprehended in connection with the seizure.

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa commended the operations carried out across Borno, Yobe, Edo, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, FCT, Ekiti and Bayelsa Commands for the arrests, seizures and their dexterity.

The NDLEA boss encouraged them to continue with the ongoing balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the Agency. He noted that “the success of the various operations across the country underscores our commitment to safeguarding Nigeria from illicit substances that threaten public health and national security. Every gram of these dangerous drugs we seize and remove from our streets and communities reinforces our determination to protect our youths, disrupt criminal networks, and strengthen national security.”