The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 38-year-old South African lady, Ms. Will Jessica Ann for being in possession of 14 large blocks of heroin weighing 5.75 kilograms.
Spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Babafemi, said the Lady was arrested by operatives on Monday, July 6, 2026 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja, after she was found to have concealed 14 large blocks of heroin weighing 5.75 kilograms in her luggage, using her three-year-old son as a cover to beat security checks and evade thorough screening.
He added that Ms. Will Jessica Ann was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on Qatar Airways flight QR 1433 from Doha to Abuja.
“Though, she initially denied travelling with check-in bags, but after operatives were able to quickly establish that the two bags containing the drugs had tags which tallied with the claim tags attached to her passport, she recounted and admitted ownership of the bags, claiming that she forgot she checked in the two bags.
“She claimed to have travelled from Cambodia through Doha to Abuja.
“”Intelligence leading to her arrests indicates she is a member of a transnational drug trafficking organization along with her husband/partner, Jan Coenraad De Jager, based in Cambodia from where they operate their drug network along the Cambodian-South African axis,” he said.
In another successful interdiction operation, NDLEA officers at the terminal 2 arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos on 28th June 2026 intercepted a commercial motorcycle operator popularly known as ‘Okada rider, 48-year-old Onyechere Daniel Chinadu, following his arrival from Madagascar via Addis Ababa aboard an Ethiopian Airways flight.
The statement said : “A thorough search of his back pack, which he had checked in, led to the discovery of 87 wraps of methamphetamine concealed within cloths in his bag.
“In his statement, Onyechere claimed he has been working for 15 years as an Okada rider at Oke-Afo area of Lagos before his Uganda based friend recruited him into drug trafficking.
“He said he ingested the recovered pellets of methamphetamine in Uganda before embarking on his planned journey to Madagascar to deliver the drug consignment.
“He, however, said that upon arrival in Madagascar, he was denied entry by Immigration authorities.
“As a result, his friend and sponsor, Ozor Igo, based in Uganda rerouted his flight to Lagos, where he was eventually arrested by NDLEA officers.
“The suspect was unable to state the exact number of pellets he had ingested in Uganda and as a result, he was placed under excretion observation for a period of three days.
“Between the date of his arrest and 1st of July, he was able to excrete 13 pellets in addition to the initial 87 wraps recovered from him, bringing the total number to 100 wraps of methamphetamine with a gross weight of 1.715 kilograms.
“At the Apapa seaport in Lagos, a total of 8,287 nylon bags of Canadian Loud weighing 4,143.5 kilograms worth over N10.3 billion in street value were discovered in a container imported from Canada during a joint examination of the shipment by NDLEA officers, Customs personnel and other security agencies on Friday 10th July 2026.
“The discovery followed weeks of targeted tracking and monitoring of the shipment since its departure from Montreal, Canada, by operatives of the Maritime Intelligence Unit of NDLEA in close collaboration with the Apapa Strategic Command of the Agency.
“Meanwhile, an attempt to export a 2.5kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, concealed in a gas compressor going to Cyprus through a courier company in Lagos has been thwarted by NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation(DOGI).”
The NDLEA also said that its various commands and formations across the country also upscaled their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities during the week under review.
It stated that the sesitisation activities were held in schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others.
“These include WADA enlightenment lecture for students and staff of Nnodo Secondary School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi; Government Girls Secondary School, Sabon Gida, Sharada, Kano; Royal Jesuit College, Agbado Ekiti; and Community Secondary School, Idofa, Ogun, while the leadership of Zone 14 Command of NDLEA paid a WADA advocacy visit to Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara at Government House Port Harcourt, among others, ” the statement said.
In his reaction to the arrests and seizures, the Chairman/CEO of NDLEA, retired Brig. -Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa commended officers and men of DOGI, MMIA, NAIA, MIU, and, Apapa Commands for a job well done.
Marwa noted that their drug supply reduction efforts balanced with WADA sensitization activities and charged them and their compatriots across the country not to rest on their past laurels.
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