The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 34-year-old Ugandan woman with 87 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.15kg at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The agency also intercepted 750,000 tablets of Tapentadol, an opioid valued at N900 million, and 16.15kg of cannabis at the airport in separate operations.
The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi said the Ugandan woman was arrested while attempting to board a flight to her home country with the cocaine concealed around her pelvic region.
He said the suspect arrived in Nigeria on October 29 with members of her church for a prayer session at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun, Lagos.
According to him, the other members of her delegation returned to Uganda after the prayer session, but the woman stayed behind to collect the cocaine on behalf of a friend identified as Joy, who lives in Uganda.
Babafemi said the suspect claimed that a contact in Nigeria arranged for someone to deliver the drugs to her at a hotel on the morning of her departure.
She allegedly expected to receive at least $1,000 for delivering the consignment.
In a separate operation, NDLEA operatives on Friday intercepted 750,000 tablets of Tapentadol 250mg, weighing 526kg and valued at N900 million.
Babafemi said the drugs were concealed in a consignment declared as Paracetamol 500mg tablets, which arrived from Ahmedabad, India, aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight on November 3.
He said the consignment contained 11 cartons packed in two wooden structures, with the opioid tablets found in 10 cartons and paracetamol tablets in the remaining carton.
The agency also intercepted 32 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 16.15kg at the airport on November 4.
Babafemi said the cannabis was concealed inside two wooden sofas in a consolidated cargo shipment from Houston, Texas, United States, aboard a Turkish Airlines flight.
He said a freight agent who came forward to clear the consignment was arrested, while a follow-up operation on November 6 led to the arrest of a 34-year-old caterer from Ibadan, Oyo State, who allegedly came to collect the package on behalf of a friend.
