MURTALA MOHAMMED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MMIA) Archives

NDLEA intercepts Cocaine, Loud In Food Flasks, Snacks, Arrests Fashion Designer, Others

Global UpfrontApr 19, 2026April 19, 20260

By Femi Babafemi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 12 large parcels of cocaine concealed in false bottom of food

NDLEA Uncovers Cocaine In Palm Kernel Oil Cans, Arrests Kingpin In Lagos Hideout – Spokesperson

Global UpfrontApr 5, 2026April 5, 20260

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully dismantled a drug trafficking syndicate in high stakes intelligence led operations that lasted three

NDLEA Intercepts Italy-bound Opioids, Meth In Carton Walls, Winter Jackets, Cream At Lagos International Airport

Global UpfrontMar 22, 2026March 22, 20260

By Femi Babafemi Desperate attempts by members of Drug Trafficking Organisations (DTOs) to move consignments of illicit substances especially methamphetamine and opioids concealed in

EFCC Presents First Witness Against Austrian Arrested For Undeclared $800,575, €651,505 At Lagos Airport

Global UpfrontFeb 10, 2026February 10, 20260

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday February 10, 2026, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Yusuf

Detty December: Nigerians, Foreigners Face Harassment, Extortion At MMIA, Other Airports

Global UpfrontDec 24, 2025December 24, 20251

Scores of Nigerians and foreign travellers have accused officials at Nigeria’s international airports, particularly the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, of harassment and extortion during

Female Drug Kingpin, Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat, Arrested in Lagos With 23.50kg Cocaine Stashed In Her Children’s Room

Global UpfrontDec 21, 2025December 21, 20250

Twenty months after a cocaine trafficking cartel led by a couple: Bolanle Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda was smashed in Lagos and Ogun state

NDLEA Intercept Meth, Cocaine Consignments in Machine Cylinders, Auto Parts At Lagos Airport

Global UpfrontNov 23, 2025November 23, 20250

By Femi Babafemi In a blistering crackdown on drug trafficking organisations across the country, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have dismantled

Saudi-bound Wanted Drug Lord Arrested As NDLEA Raids His Clandestine Colos Lab in Lagos

Global UpfrontNov 9, 2025November 9, 20251

A wanted drug lord 40-year-old Yussuf Abayomi Azeez has been arrested by operatives of a special operations unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

NDLEA Uncovers UK-bound Cocaine In Cream Containers, Meth in Water Heater, Raids Lagos Night Club Over Drug Party, Arrests Owner, Others

Global UpfrontOct 26, 2025October 26, 20251

A total of 70 parcels of cocaine factory packed in walls of cocoa butter formula body cream containers heading to London, United Kingdom have been

US, UK, DRC-bound Illicit Drug Consignments Intercepted in Frozen Snails, Electrical Bulbs

Global UpfrontOct 19, 2025October 19, 20251

Consignments of illicit drugs concealed in frozen snails, electrical bulbs and female clothes heading to the United States, United Kingdom and Democratic Republic of Congo