A large consignment of cocaine concealed in heads of imported dry stock fish has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who also arrested a key member of the syndicate involved in shipping the illicit substance across the world especially to India.
The smashing of the drug syndicate followed intelligence on their trans-border criminal activities.
This led to a well-coordinated sting operation by operatives of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Strategic Command of the agency at the Ojo area of Lagos on Thursday 19th March 2026.
In the course of the operation, three jumbo size bags were found in possession of the kingpin 36-year-old Akputa Dickson Ejike.
A search of the bags led to the recovery of 237 wraps of cocaine buried in the heads of imported dry stock fish locally known as “Okporoko.”
The cocaine pellets have a gross weight of 5.80 kilograms.
The consignment was intended for export to Delhi, India.
In another operation in Lagos, NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) on Wednesday 25th March intercepted two illicit consignments heading to the United Kingdom at a courier company.
In one of the shipments that originated from Cotonou, Benin Republic, 1.9 kilograms of methamphetamine were found concealed in automobile filters while the second parcel contains 40 ampoules of Morphine Sulphate and nine ampoules of Fentanyl.
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