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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 34-year-old South African woman, Qhina Beauty, with 36.65 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The agency also arrested a 62-year-old Nigerian-American grandmother, Anetor Gloria Ubong, with 9.45kg of high-grade cannabis, known as loud, allegedly imported from the United States..


The arrests were disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who said the seizures formed part of a series of anti-drug operations across several states.

According to the statement, Beauty was arrested on October 7 at the airport’s departure hall while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to South Africa via Doha.

A search of her two travelling bags led to the recovery of 30 blocks of cocaine weighing 36.65kg, concealed with dried pepper, wrapped in cellophane tape and packed in seven parcels

“Qhina was arrested at the departure hall of the Lagos airport on 7th October 2026 while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight to South Africa via Doha. A search of her two travelling bags led to the recovery of 30 blocks of cocaine weighing 36.65kg, laced with dried pepper, wrapped in cellophane tape and packed into seven separate parcels,” Babafemi said.

During interrogation, Babafemi said the suspect reportedly stated that she had arrived in Nigeria on September 30 to collect the consignment and had been recruited by another South African woman who promised to pay her R20,000 upon successful delivery.

“During her interview, she told operatives she arrived in Nigeria on 30th September specifically to pick up the consignment. She said she was recruited by another South African lady, who promised her R20,000 on successful delivery. She claimed she was introduced to two other members of the syndicate: one based in the United States and the other a Lagos-based car dealer,” the statement said.

She also reportedly identified two other members of the alleged syndicate, one based in the United States and the other a Lagos-based car dealer.


“Investigations later led to the arrest, on 14th October, of the 46-year-old car dealer, Uchenna Victor Umunnakwe, who was intercepted at Apple Junction, Ago Palace Way, Lagos, after days of surveillance at his Shasha residence. He admitted receiving Qhina at the airport, lodging her at Santiago Hotel in Amuwo-Odofin, and later moving her to Cynarisso Hotel near the airport, ahead of her departure,” Babafemi added.

In a separate operation, Ubong, a realtor based in Richmond, Texas, who holds Nigerian and United States passports, was arrested on October 21 upon arriving at the Lagos airport aboard a United Airlines flight from Houston.

Babafemi said a search of her two checked-in boxes uncovered 18 parcels of loud weighing 9.45kg, concealed with gift-wrapping paper.

According to him, Ubong claimed that the box was delivered to her home in the US by her daughter and the daughter’s future brother-in-law for onward delivery in Nigeria to her daughter’s fiancé, identified as Jibola.

“Ubong, a realtor based in Richmond, Texas, who holds both Nigerian and US passports, was arrested following her arrival on a United Airlines flight from Houston.

“A search of her two checked-in boxes uncovered 18 parcels of loud, a synthetic cannabis weighing 9.45kg, concealed with gift-wrapping paper in a box. She claimed the box was delivered to her home in the US by her daughter and the daughter’s future brother-in-law, for onward delivery in Nigeria to her daughter’s fiancé, Jibola,” Babafemi said.

Beyond the airport arrests, NDLEA operatives recovered large quantities of illicit drugs and pharmaceutical opioids in operations across Lagos, Delta, Kano, Taraba, Niger, Bauchi, Ondo, Edo and Oyo states.


In Lagos, operatives of the agency’s special operations unit arrested 41-year-old Eletu Rasheedat in the Eti-Osa area on October 23, recovering 5,820 pills of diazepam, 780 tablets of tramadol, 3.7kg of skunk and 230.25 litres of skuchies.

In Delta State, Babafemi said a 51-year-old suspect, Peter Ugochukwu, was arrested in Warri with 29,350 capsules of tramadol, 6,620 tablets of tramadol 200mg, 4,116 bottles of codeine syrup, 11,340 tablets of Rohypnol, 3,500 tablets of diazepam, 300 ampoules of pentazocine injection and 200 ampoules of diazepam injection.

“Other substances recovered from him included quantities of tramadol 225mg, Molly and Cocodamol. He was transferred to the NDLEA alongside a white Hummer bus by the Nigeria Police Force in Delta State,” the statement added.

Also in Warri, Babafemi said a 46-year-old physically challenged woman, Helen Samson, was arrested on October 19 at Enhere Junction with 6kg of skunk.

In Oyo State, Babafemi said operatives arrested 41-year-old Fajana Dada Oluwaseyi on October 19 in the Adamasingba area of Ibadan. The agency said he had earlier escaped arrest when officers seized 197.8kg of cannabis from his residence on September 16.

In Kano State, he said a raid in the Gerawa area on October 22 led to the arrest of 30-year-old Murtala Lawan and the seizure of 159 blocks of cannabis weighing 97.2kg.

In Taraba State, he said officers arrested 39-year-old Raiyanu Misa at the Lankaviri checkpoint in Yorro Local Government Area on October 23 with 95 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 60.175kg. On the same day, the police handed over another suspect arrested at Dakka Village in Bali Local Government Area with 112 blocks weighing 81.49kg.

In Niger State, Babafemi said 26-year-old Emmanuel Ekene was arrested on October 19 along the Sabo-Kainji Road in Borgu Local Government Area with 64,000 pills of opioids, including tramadol and diazepam.

In Bauchi State, he said NDLEA operatives arrested 45-year-old Jamilu Mustapha, also known as Last Card, in Nasaru town, Ningi Local Government Area, on October 21 and seized 379kg of cannabis packed in seven large sacks.

Babafemi said the agency also recovered 583kg of abandoned cannabis in 56 bags during a raid on a farm at Board-Ala, Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State, on October 20.

In Edo State, he said two cannabis farms in Ugbada Forest, Uzebba, Owan West Local Government Area, were destroyed on October 18.

According to him, the farms had an estimated yield of 2,023.14kg, while 450kg of processed cannabis was burnt at the site and 97kg was taken as exhibits.

He said a 42-year-old suspect, Mary Edokhai, was also arrested in Ewe community, Owan West, with 35kg of cannabis.

The agency’s Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), commended officers of the affected commands for their vigilance, professionalism and intelligence-led operations.

Marwa urged them and their colleagues nationwide to sustain the fight against drug trafficking and substance abuse, according to the statement.

Source: https://punchng.com/ndlea-arrests-safrican-with-36-65kg-cocaine-at-lagos-airport

Good, Jollofina got caught.

Please keep her there, we don't want her bek.

very very good.Transfer her to Gusau prixon

RandDigital:
Good, Jollofina got caught.

Please keep her there, we don't want her bek.

Who can blame her though, poor lady from an extremely xenophobic country

QuinQ:
Who can blame her though, poor lady from an extremely xenophobic country

We're not the ones who told her to fool around with Nigerian men - look where she is now 😂

Settled . My kinsman 46 years old UCHENNA VICTOR UMUNNAKWE ✋️ go dey

Send them straight to a Nigerian jail

They have some important information to pass across

Just one person 36kg of cocaine

Haba

You nor dey fear

Nigeria is now a hot transit bed for drugs

Whatagawn?

RandDigital:
We're not the ones who told her to fool around with Nigerian men - look where she is now 😂

Poor guy, xenophobia didn't allow you see this part below

QuinQ:
Poor guy, xenophobia didn't allow you see this part below

That's another Jollofina who has connections with car dealers in Nigeria.

She was moved from one hotel to another in Lagos, what do you think went down over there?

Your prison guards will be very excited to see a southy woman with their own eyes, if you get what I mean

RandDigital:
That's another Jollofina who has connections with car dealers in Nigeria.

She was moved from one hotel to another in Lagos, what do you think went down over there?

Your prison guards will be very excited to see a southy woman with their own eyes, if you get what I mean

Never knew xenophobia can also affect one's reading ability. Try to READ, she said clearly who recruited her.
You mean same Southy women who can't get enough of Nigerian men?

. Consolation. I guess only our blodas dey develop SA.

Randigital:
Good, Jollofina got caught.

Please keep her there, we don't want her bek.

ofcos,we'll help u keep her in GUSAU .She's not coming back bek

QuinQ:
Never knew xenophobia can also affect one's reading ability. Try to READ, she said clearly who recruited her.
You mean same Southy women who can't get enough of Nigerian men ?

We are supposedly "xenophobic" but when it suits you, we also "can't get enough of you"..so which one is it? because it can't be both.

IronGalaxy:
We are supposedly "xenophobic" but when it suits you, we also "can't get enough of you"..so which one is it? because it can't be both.

One thing led to another. The men are violently jealous because the winen prefer Nigerian men. Then lots of the women found out many of the Nigerian men are players... hell hath no fury... the rest is xenophobic history

QuinQ:
One thing led to another. The men are violently jealous because the winen prefer Nigerian men. Then lots of the women found out many of the Nigerian men are players... hell hath no fury... the rest is xenophobic history

Lol.. so its no longer "black South Africans are xenophobic" now its only the men, right? How convenient

Here's the thing, There's not one country on earth, where its women prefering men from another, not even one!. You're just deluding yourself here. People are drawn to what's familiar to them and South African women date South African men, we are their first choice and preference, not to mention we give them beautiful babies because we gentically align, that's why our women look like they do and that's why yall remain jealous. South African women who date Nigerians are outliers and they even become pariahs in society. Stop overhyping yourselves please

IronGalaxy:
Lol.. so its no longer "black South Africans are xenophobic" now its only the men, right? How convenient

Here's the thing, There's not one country on earth, where women from one country prefering men from another, not even one.. People are drawn to what's familiar to them and South African women date South African men, we are their first choice and preference, not to mention we give them beautiful babies, that's why our women look like they do and that's yall remain jealous. South African women who date Nigerians are outliers and they even become pariahs in society. Stop overhyping yourselves please

Did you read at all. Lots of Southy women eventually found out many of the Nigerian men were not faithful, and hell hath no fury like a woman scorned - those women are more xenophobic than anyone else by far!
Same reason for Western racism - white women prefer black men and their huge dicks!

IronGalaxy:
Lol.. so its no longer

Watch below...
But it is not only Southy women, it is women all over Africa saying same thing and I don't understand it!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhSZEGgc8AM?is=gdpTtCShh0jqNEDF

QuinQ:
Watch below...
But it is not only Southy women, it is women all over Africa saying same thing and I don't understand it!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhSZEGgc8AM?is=gdpTtCShh0jqNEDF

Lol, dear social media is not real.life.. the 10 women and their opinions and tastes don't reflect the views of 45 million South African women.. be around South African people or at least visit South Africa to speak about South African people.. majority of SA women dont even like Nigerian men like that, I knw this for a fact

QuinQ:
Did you read at all. Lots of Southy women eventually found out many of the Nigerian men were not faithful, and hell hath no fury like a woman scorned - those women are more xenophobic than anyone else by far!
Same reason for Western racism - white women prefer black men and their huge dicks!

You're the one who didn't read because you're rehashing the same thing im rebutting. People prefer their own, So white women prefer their own white men, not black men.. .

IronGalaxy:
Lol.. so its no longer "black South Africans are xenophobic" now its only the men, right? How convenient

😂😂😂

I asked her to Google what a Jollofina is - the negative connotations and then b.ot ba.n.ned me. Jollofinas and Nigerian men are a match made in heaven (hell) 🚔🚓🚨👮🏾‍♂️

RandDigital:
😂😂😂

I asked her to Google what a Jollofina is - the negative connotations and then b.ot ba.n.ned me. Jollofinas and Nigerian men are a match made in heaven (hell) 🚔🚓🚨👮🏾‍♂️

They are always looking for reasons to self- aggrandize, imagine, someone saying "your women prefer us".. how's that even possible?

IronGalaxy:
You're the one who didn't read because you're rehashing the same thing im rebutting. People prefer their own, So white women prefer their own, not black men.. .

Why not run this your theory by the Russian guy who easily bedded so many Nigerian women. Or go to Uganda and ask the girls if they had a choice would they choose "their own" or some white guy

IronGalaxy:
They are always looking for reasons to self- aggrandize, imagine, someone saying "your women prefer us".. how's that even possible?

YOUR WOMEN said so! Not once, not twice, many, many times!!!

QuinQ:
Why not run this your theory by the Russian guy who easily bedded so many Nigerian women. Or go to Uganda and ask the girls if they had a choice would they choose "their own" or some white guy

Are we honestly arguing that people prefer their own things? That people are drawn to familiarity, a shared culture? A shared phenotype? A shared history, A shared lineage?.A shared race? .This is not a theory, its a fact lala

QuinQ:
YOUR WOMEN said so! Not once, not twice, many, many times!!!

Yes, lets take the opinions and tastes of a a few women and it make it a narrative shared by 45 million South African women..

If you can claim we are "xenophobic" stick to the pattern, you cannot claim out people "hate you" but on the same breath claim "they cant get enough of you"..

What's going on with these South Africans?

Same thing they accuse us of

How does one bring in narcotics from the US when exit inspections are rigorous. How did she escape those sniffer dogs....

RandDigital:
That's another Jollofina who has connections with car dealers in Nigeria.

She was moved from one hotel to another in Lagos, what do you think went down over there?

Your prison guards will be very excited to see a southy woman with their own eyes, if you get what I mean

No be out fault say una get small pee pee na him make Una women prefer our men.

36.6kg What effontery she has to carry all that at once.

RandDigital:
We're not the ones who told her to fool around with Nigerian Ibo men - look where she is now 😂

Learn to apportion blame appropriately

Jibola and his brothers are evil. Imagine putting your 62-year-old would-be mother-in-law at harm's way because of greed.

I would be even more disappointed if his Jibola's fiancee deliberately allowed him and his brother to use her mother as a drug courier.