NDLEA Arrests Widow With Fake Pregnancy for Trafficking Cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 50-year-old widow and mother of one for allegedly attempting to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine, using a fake pregnancy as a way to escape scrutiny and detection.
The agency said the suspect, identified as Ifeoma Ezewuike, and said to be the proprietress of Golden Star Creation, a fashion outfit in Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos, was arrested at a bus terminal in the Jibowu, Yaba, area of the state on Friday, August 22, 2025, while attempting to move the cocaine consignment to customers in Abuja.
It disclosed that the follow-up operation at her house in the Ago Palace area led to the recovery of 200 grams of cutting agent used in the production of a strain of cocaine.
NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that not less than 90 parcels of ‘loud,’ a strain of cannabis weighing 48.6kg, imported from the United States of America and concealed in three cartons of kitchen sink, were intercepted at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday, August 19, by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation.
