{
  "id": 4410994,
  "title": "NDLEA intercepts N6.2 billion worth of ‘Jihadi drug’ and opioids at Lagos airport",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/ndlea-intercepts-n6-2-billion-worth-of-jihadi-drug-and-opioids-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T11:31:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nairametrics",
    "slug": "nairametrics",
    "url": "https://nairametrics.com/2026/08/30/ndlea-intercepts-n6-2-billion-worth-of-jihadi-drug-and-opioids-at-lagos-airport/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted N6.2 billion worth of illicit drugs, including captagon and opioids, at Lagos airport. The captagon seizure came after the arrest of a 49-year-old cross-border drug trafficking kingpin who arrived in Lagos from Accra, Ghana, while the opioid consignments were recovered from abandoned shipments at the airport's import shed. Additionally, 3,900,030 tablets of Tramaking 225mg and Tapentadol 250mg were recovered from four abandoned consignments, with a street value of over N4.6 billion.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}