NDLEA arrests two cocaine couriers with 200 wraps and a woman with 266 AK-47 rounds in Abuja

Author: Kingsley OmonobiPublished on: November 1, 2026Country: Nigeria
Crime & Law
NDLEA arrests two cocaine couriers with 200 wraps and a woman with 266 AK-47 rounds in Abuja

The NDLEA arrested Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, two Europe-based Nigerian businessmen, at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport after they ingested 200 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.46 kg for a flight to Paris. The agency also arrested Aisha Isah at a toll gate on the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway with 266 rounds of AK-47 ammunition. In operations across Lagos and Oyo states, officers seized hundreds of kilograms of cannabis, while raids in Kano state yielded diazepam, Exol-5 and tramadol tablets.

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