Olashupo Michael Oladimeji, a convicted drug kingpin, attempted to export 1.10 kilograms of cocaine hidden in processed cassava granules, also known as Garri, to London, United Kingdom, on a Virgin Atlantic flight at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, but was stopped by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents.

"Olashupo is currently serving a five-year jail term at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, Lagos," the agency stated. "In 2025, NDLEA arrested him in connection with a case of unlawful conspiracy to export 17.90kg cocaine, and a Federal High Court in Lagos successfully prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced him in charge number FHC/L/925C/2025."

Not willing to abandon his illegal business, the prisoner, who is the CEO of Dimeji Express Logistics, which is situated at 20 Omilade Street, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, came up with the most recent plan from behind the prison wall to export the 1.10 kg of cocaine using his firm.

However, his secret was revealed on Thursday, February 12th, when NDLEA investigators at the Lagos airport's export shed seized a shipment of compressed cocaine blocks concealed in a Garri sack that was further put inside a carton.

Adedeji Yusuf Gbolahan, a Dimeji Express Logistics employee, was arrested right away after presenting the shipment for export.

According to investigations, Yusuf was instructed to pick up the shipment at a place in Oshodi by Olashupo Michael Oladimeji, who started the trafficking enterprise from prison.

Similarly, two Angolan citizens, Mbandu Martins Makiadi and Ngoma Wilson Fernando, and a Nigerian businessman, Ibeanu Vincent Chukwudulue, who is based in China, have excreted 236 wraps of cocaine after being apprehended by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, respectively.

Ibeanu, 34, was detained on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, while travelling from Kano to China on Qatar Airways aircraft 1432, which was en route to Abuja/Doha, according to the NDLEA.

“Acting on credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives at the Abuja airport demanded that the suspect be deboarded, following which he was taken for a body scan.

“The result confirmed the suspect ingested an illicit drug.

“He was thereafter placed under observation during which he excreted a total of 52 pellets of cocaine that weighed 735.95 grams.

“In his statement, Ibeanu said he was into business on Lagos Island before relocating to Guangzhou, China in 2024.

“The duo of Mbandu Martins Makiadi, 50, and Ngoma Wilson Fernando, 52, both Angolans, were intercepted on Wednesday, 4th February at the screening point of the departure hall of Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, during the outward clearance of passengers going to Istanbul, Turkey via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940.

“When they were taken for a body scan, they tested positive for ingesting an illicit drug. As a result, they were kept under observation for possible excretion.

“While Mbandu excreted a total of 76 wraps weighing 920 grams in seven excretions, Ngoma expelled 108 pellets that weighed 1.33 kilograms in five excretions.

“During the interview, the suspects who hail from Hoji Ya Henda in Luanda, the capital of Angola, claimed they were recruited by a Luanda-based automobile spare parts dealer who promised to pay them $3000 each upon successful delivery of the consignments in Turkey.

Continuing the agency said, “A similar attempt by a 44-year-old estate surveyor, Adelaja Taiwo Adetayo to export 1.70 kilograms of skunk concealed in five jerry cans to the UK, was equally frustrated by NDLEA operatives at the export shed of the Lagos airport.

“The cargo agent, Mustapha Quddus Opeyemi, who presented the consignment for export, was initially arrested while a follow-up operation led to the arrest of Adelaja at the Ahmadiyya area of Lagos on Monday, 9th February.

In Abuja, NDLEA operatives on Thursday, 12th February, intercepted a waybill package sent from Enugu containing a children’s toy guitar.

A search of the guitar revealed that it was used to conceal two parcels of Canadian Loud, a strain of Cannabis, weighing 59.2grams.

A follow-up operation led to the arrest of the consignment’s owner, Henry Onuma, at Dream City Estate, Life Camp.

In Lagos, NDLEA officers on Friday, 13th February, raided a 4-bedroom duplex at 2 Alexandria Terrace, Ikate-Elegushi, Lekki, used for the production and storage of Colorado, a synthetic cannabis.

The raid followed the seizure of 73 cartons of nitrous oxide at Iyare Motor Park, Ajah–Epe expressway, a consignment intended for Benin City, Edo State.

The driver of the vehicle carrying the shipment, Amos Innocent, was arrested, while Victor Oyedeji was nabbed at the Lekki home, where 13.2 kilograms of freshly produced Colos were recovered, along with precursor chemicals.

A notorious female drug dealer in Ibadan, Oyo state, Oluwayemisi Bunmi, 45, was arrested on Wednesday 11th February arrested at her enclave in Hope Alakia area of the state capital.

Recovered from her include: 1.189kg Colos, skunk; 320grams of methamphetamine; monetary exhibit of ₦2,975,000 and two cars: a Navy blue Toyota Matrix car marked JJJ 629 FQ and a Sky blue Toyota Matrix car with registration number LND 602 AQ.

When NDLEA agents stopped suspect Kamilu Abdullahi, 43, at Bode Saadu, Kwara State, on Thursday, February 12, they found no less than 105,400 tramadol pills in his J5 car with the license plate DTM-765XA.

When NDLEA agents raided the Yoruba Camp, Olumoye Forest, in Ovia North East LGA on Saturday, February 14, they found 563.5 kilograms of skunk and arrested five suspects: Murtala Mohammed, 37; Abdulkadir Idris Mohammed, 29; Ufoma Edafe, 40; Anthony Aghati, 46; and Emmanuel Owalu Ekele, 39.

The agency also stated that for the last week, NDLEA agents have been continuing their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation efforts in schools, places of worship, workplaces, and communities across all of its Commands and formations across the country.

Among these are the following: Government Girls Technical and Commercial College, Charanchi, Katsina; Government Day Secondary School, Yola, Adamawa; Government Secondary School, Tudun Gwandara, Lafia, Nasarawa; Ajumoni Senior Secondary School, Mushin, Lagos; and the WADA enlightenment lecture for the students and staff of Anglican Grammar School, Ogbomoso, Oyo.

NDLEA's chairman and chief executive officer, Brig. The officers and soldiers of the MAKIA, MMIA, NAIA, Lagos, Edo, Kwara, FCT, and Oyo Commands were congratulated by Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) for their professionalism, arrests, and seizures.

He urged them and their counterparts nationwide to keep up the existing, well-rounded strategy for reducing both the supply and demand of drugs.