NDLEA Arrests 2 Suspected Drug Kingpins With Cocaine In Lagos

Operatives of a Special Operations Unit (SOU) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) person arrested 2 suspected cause kingpins: Victor Nwosa and Felix Chika Obiegbu, aft consignments of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine being prepared for export to Europe and beyond were recovered from their Lagos homes.

This followed weeks of quality and surveillance connected their transgression networks, the NDLEA explained.

NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said successful a connection that “while 64-year-old Nwosa parades himself arsenic a palmy textile merchant, 49-year-old Obiegbu is known to galore arsenic a businessman who is into vino organisation but beneath their outward quality is their hidden illicit cause concern unearthed by NDLEA operatives aft months of quality gathering connected the 2 syndicates led by them.”

The NDLEA further said that astatine the clip erstwhile they were preparing their consignments for export, NDLEA-SOU operatives, who had for months enactment them nether surveillance, swooped connected them successful antithetic parts of Lagos.

Nwosa was arrested connected Wednesday, September 17, 2025, astatine his 16, Femi Kila street, Okota home, wherever 4.33 kilograms of heroin and 448 grams of cocaine were recovered during a hunt of his house.

In his case, Obiegbu was arrested connected Thursday, September 11, astatine his 5, Shada Shonefun street, Aguda Surulere location wherever successful the people of a search, 2.902 kilograms of methamphetamine were uncovered and seized.

In different development, the NDLEA thwarted attempts by suspected suppliers of illicit drugs to terrorists and bandits successful Borno and Yobe States to determination illicit drugs concealed successful motor compartment of a Mercedes Benz Jeep and a lady’s travelling bag.

Meanwhile, successful Borno, pursuing weeks of intelligence, NDLEA officers connected Saturday, September 27, arrested Baba Kaka Ibrahim, 26, astatine Njimtilo colony portion driving a Mercedes Benz GLK marked JRE 987 AE towards Damaturu road.

“A hunt of the conveyance led to the betterment of 39, 380 pills of tramadol 225mg and exol-5 stuffed successful the motor compartment of the jeep,” the NDLEA stated.