NDLEA arrests Ugandan woman with 87 cocaine wraps at Lagos MMIA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 34-year-old Ugandan woman, Farida Nansubuga, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, Nigeria. She was found in possession of 87 wraps of cocaine, weighing a total of 1.15 kilograms. Nansubuga was returning to Uganda when she was apprehended while allegedly preparing to deliver the drugs to her friend, Joy, in Uganda.

The agency's Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this information in a statement on November 8, 2026. During questioning, Nansubuga revealed that a contact in Nigeria had arranged her transportation to a hotel, where an unidentified man handed her the drugs. She claimed that she expected to receive at least $1,000 for delivering the consignment in Uganda, although no specific payment had been agreed upon.

Other drug seizures at the Lagos airport include 750,000 tablets of Tapentadol weighing 526 kilograms valued at N900 million, 32 parcels of Loud weighing 16.15 kilograms, cannabis and chemicals used to produce synthetic cannabis, and various tramadol shipments.