83-year-old woman arrested with meth, Colorado as NDLEA seizes drugs nationwide

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested an 83-year-old woman, Mrs Uloma Uchechi Sunday, with consignments of methamphetamine and Colorado in Abia State, barely a year after she was prosecuted and convicted for a similar offence.
Uloma was arrested on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at her residence in Ite-Uzo, Umuaguma, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State.
A statement by the NDLEA said quantities of methamphetamine and Colorado were found tied around her waist with a wrapper during the operation.
Her arrest followed credible intelligence that she was operating a drug joint where criminal elements who terrorise residents of the community allegedly gathered. ...