NDLEA Nabs Widow Using Fake Pregnancy To Traffic Cocaine

Luck has ran out on a 50-year-old widow who has been using fake pregnancy to traffic cocaine, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

NDLEAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Drug_Law_Enforcement_Agency which identified the suspect as a fashion designer, Mrs. Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike said she was arrested over attempt to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine, using fake pregnancy to escape scrutiny and detection.

Proprietress of Golden Star Creation, a fashion outfit in Ago palace way, Okota Lagos, the mother of one, was arrested at a bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba area of the state on Friday 22nd August 2025 while attempting to move the cocaine consignment to customers in Abuja,. the agency said

It added that a follow up operation at her house in Ago palace area led to the recovery of 200 grams of cutting agent used in the production of a strain of cocaine.

Ezewuike, who had been fashion designer for 20 years reportedly claimed in her statement that she inherited the trade from her husband who died two years ago.

In another incident according to the agency, its men intercepted not less than 90 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 48.6kg, on Tuesday 19 August.

It said it was imported from the United States of America and concealed in three cartons of kitchen sink

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“In Adamawa, NDLEA operatives acting on credible intelligence on Friday 22nd August raided the home of a notorious drug dealer Idris Garba who scaled the fence to escape arrest while one of his associates Boniface Nnaji, 55, who attempted same was caught in the act at Rumde Baru area of Yola South” NDLEA said.

Recovered from the premises include a black Toyota Thundra jeep marked FST- 885-CZ driven to Yola by Nnaji to supply Garba 354,480 pills of tramadol 225mg, 250mg and others as well as a Toyota Yaris car with registration number DSA 776 AA.