Ugandan woman arrested in Nigeria with 87 cocaine wraps
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post and Vanguard
A 34-year-old Ugandan woman was arrested in Nigeria with 87 cocaine wraps weighing 1.150 kilogrammes, concealed under her clothing at Lagos airport. She said she stayed in Nigeria after a prayer session in Lagos to collect the drugs destined for Uganda, hoping to receive at least $1,000, according to Vanguard.
The NDLEA arrested Farida Nansubuga, 34, on 3 November at Murtala-Muhammed International Airport in Lagos as she was preparing to board a flight to Uganda. A secondary search uncovered 87 cocaine wraps, weighing a total of 1.150 kilogrammes, strapped around her waist under two layers of underwear, according to the NDLEA as cited by Vanguard.
Nansubuga said she arrived in Nigeria on 29 October with members of her church for a prayer session at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos. She reportedly stayed after the group left to collect a shipment for a friend called Joy, who allegedly put her in contact with an intermediary in Nigeria. He reportedly gave her the cocaine at a hotel and asked her to conceal it under her clothing. She hoped to receive at least $1,000 after the delivery.
In another seizure at Lagos airport, the NDLEA intercepted 750,000 Tapentadol 250 mg tablets, weighing 526 kilogrammes and estimated to be worth 900 million naira. Arriving from Ahmedabad, India, on 3 November aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight, the shipment had been declared as paracetamol. The opioids occupied ten of the eleven cartons, with the last containing paracetamol intended as cover.
The NDLEA also seized 32 packages of Loud cannabis weighing 16.15 kilogrammes, hidden in two wooden sofas shipped from Houston. Two people were arrested in the case. The agency also dismantled an import route from the United Kingdom for chemicals intended to manufacture Colorado, a synthetic cannabis, with a total of 28.65 kilogrammes of chemicals seized. Other interceptions in Lagos involved cannabis and medicines destined for Australia and the United Kingdom.
