China-bound businesswoman intercepted with large consignment of cocaine

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 38-year-old businesswoman, Iwebema Ogechi Peace, following the alleged discovery of a large consignment of cocaine concealed in the false bottom of her luggage while heading to Beijing, China, aboard a Qatar Airways flight through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos.

NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

According to the statement, Iwebema, who claims she travels to China to buy items for sale in Nigeria, was arrested on Sunday, June 21, 2026 at the departure hall of terminal 2 of the Lagos airport based on credible intelligence.

“A search of her check-in luggage led to the discovery of four large parcels of cocaine concealed in a false bottom professionally created in her bag. The parcels of the class A drug found hidden in the bag have a combined weight of 7.5 kilograms.

“In another major interdiction operation, efforts by operatives of two Special Operations Units of the NDLEA tracking and monitoring a container laden with 195 big sacks of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis from Toronto, Canada, for over four weeks paid off on Wednesday, June 23, 2026 when a total of 4,959 kilograms of the illicit drug consignment worth Twelve billion three hundred and ninety seven million five hundred thousand naira (N12, 397,500,000) in street value, were recovered from the container during a joint examination of the shipment by officers of the Apapa Strategic Command of the Agency, men of Customs Service, other security agencies and ports stakeholders at the Apapa ports complex, Lagos.

“The large illicit drug consignment which was loaded into a 40ft container comprising a Ford and a Nissan vehicle came under NDLEA tracking and monitoring system since 25th April 2026 when it arrived Toronto, Canada via truck, Montreal via rail on 29th April, Tanger Med Morocco on 11th May, loaded on another vessel on 23rd May before arriving Tincan port Lagos on 4th June and discharged there 5th June before the container eventually left Tincan and arrived Apapa port on Monday 22nd June,” Babafemi said.

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