{
  "id": 18941052,
  "title": "NDLEA arrests Ugandan woman with 87 cocaine wraps at Lagos airport",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/ndlea-arrests-ugandan-woman-with-87-cocaine-wraps-at-lagos-airport",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T13:17:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/923715-ndlea-arrests-ugandan-woman-with-87-cocaine-wraps-at-lagos-airport.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 34-year-old Ugandan woman Farida Nansubuga at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. According to Daily Post Nigeria and Punch, Nansubuga was attempting to board a flight to Uganda at Terminal 2 when she was intercepted during a joint screening exercise involving NDLEA operatives and aviation security personnel.\n\nA search of the suspect revealed 87 wraps of cocaine, weighing 1.15 kilograms, strapped around her pelvic region beneath two layers of underwear, according to Daily Post Nigeria, Punch, and Premium Times.\n\nDuring preliminary interrogation, Nansubuga stated she arrived in Nigeria on October 29 with members of her church for a prayer session at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun. Daily Post Nigeria and Punch report that while the rest of her delegation returned to Uganda, she remained behind to collect the drug consignment on behalf of a friend named Joy.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "NDLEA arrests Ugandan woman hiding 87 cocaine wraps in private part",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/ndlea-arrests-ugandan-woman-hiding-87-cocaine-wraps-in-private-part",
        "published": "2026-11-08T10:30:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Ugandan woman in Nigeria for crusade arrested with 87 cocaine wraps in private parts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/ugandan-woman-in-nigeria-for-crusade-arrested-with-87-cocaine-wraps",
        "published": "2026-11-08T11:22:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}