NDLEA busts drug syndicates shipping cocaine in phone chargers, backpacks to Saudi Arabia, Europe

…Nabs Italy-based businessman at Enugu airport with 98 cocaine wraps
By Kingsley Omonobi
ABUJA — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has foiled attempts by suspected drug trafficking syndicates to export 1.2 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in 25 phone chargers to Saudi Arabia through a courier company in Lagos.
The agency also intercepted another consignment containing 500 grammes of cocaine concealed in the false bottom of a backpack and destined for Italy at a different logistics company on Monday, August 3, 2026.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement at the weekend.
He said operatives also intercepted 2.3kg of Loud, a synthetic strain of ...