The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 63-year-old Chinese woman, identified as Ting Hung Kiong, for allegedly attempting to smuggle 31 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the suspect, who reportedly naturalised in Malaysia, was arrested on Sunday, May 17, 2026, upon arrival from Thailand via Dubai aboard an Emirates Airline flight.
The agency disclosed that operatives attached to the Terminal 2 Arrival Hall intercepted the suspect after discovering two large travel boxes containing the illicit drug weighing 31 kilograms.
Babafemi stated that during interrogation, the suspect claimed she worked as a caregiver in Malaysia and said her daughter sponsored her trip from Malaysia to Thailand before proceeding to Nigeria.
“She further disclosed that she spent two weeks in Thailand, before she was handed the illicit consignment at the Thailand airport to deliver in Nigeria,” the statement noted.
In a related operation, the NDLEA said it intercepted a major opioid shipment at the Lagos airport import shed following weeks of surveillance.
The agency revealed that 29 large cartons containing 1,825,710 tablets of Tapentadol 250mg valued at N2.19 billion were handed over to the NDLEA by the Nigeria Customs Service on Friday, May 22, after arriving from India aboard an Emirates Cargo flight.
The NDLEA further disclosed that operatives at a courier company in Lagos intercepted 1,174 pills of MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy, concealed inside bicycle luggage carriers destined for the Netherlands.
Officers also recovered 66 pills of Tramadol 225mg hidden inside a soap container bound for the United States, as well as 18 tablets of the same drug concealed in a body cream container heading to the United Kingdom.
At the Seme border area in Badagry, Lagos, operatives recovered 59 kilograms of skunk from a warehouse in Mowo during another operation conducted on May 19.
In Ekiti State, NDLEA officers raided a warehouse in Ikole-Ekiti on May 23 and recovered 1,116 kilograms of skunk. A 54-year-old suspect, Ogundana Adebayo Julius, was arrested in connection with the seizure.
The anti-drug agency also said its nationwide War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation campaign continued across schools, worship centres and communities in different parts of the country.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Buba Marwa, commended officers involved in the operations and urged them to sustain ongoing efforts aimed at reducing drug trafficking and abuse nationwide.
