The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested 43-year-old makeup artist Adekoya Mary at Lagos airport for attempting to smuggle 2.2kg of cocaine to India under the pretext of undergoing fibroid surgery.
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi said she was caught on June 16 after checking in her suitcase, which had drugs hidden in its walls.
Further operations uncovered drugs in courier parcels: 1.3kg of cannabis in female dresses heading to Bahrain, and 850g of cocaine in hangers en route to Australia.
In Bauchi, two men were caught with over a million opioid pills. In Kwara, a 22-year-old student of Kwara Polytechnic was arrested with 1kg of skunk. A major raid in Edo State also saw over 4,200kg of cannabis destroyed and suspects arrested.
