The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a large consignment of cocaine concealed in heads of imported dry stock fish.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency also arrested a key member of the syndicate involved in shipping the illicit substance across the world especially to India.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said the smashing of the drug syndicate followed intelligence on their trans-border criminal activities, which led to a well-coordinated sting operation by operatives of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Strategic Command of the Agency at the Ojo area of Lagos on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
He explained that in the course of the operation, three jumbo size bags were found in possession of the kingpin, a 36-year-old Akputa Dickson Ejike.
A search of the bags led to the recovery of 237 wraps of cocaine buried in the heads of imported dry stock fish locally known as “Okporoko.”
The cocaine pellets have a gross weight of 5.80 kilograms. The consignment was intended for export to Delhi, India.
In another operation in Lagos, NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) on Wednesday, March 25, intercepted two illicit consignments heading to the United Kingdom at a courier company.
