The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a woman attempting to smuggle more than two kilograms of cocaine to Iran through Port Harcourt International Airport.
Ihensekhien Miracle Obehi was detained on Sunday, May 11, as she prepared to board a Qatar Airways flight to Iran via Doha. According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, Obehi concealed the drugs in multiple ways: three wraps were hidden in her private part, two parcels were stashed in a false bottom of her handbag, and she had swallowed 67 pellets of cocaine.
“During her search, she was found to have inserted three wraps of cocaine into her private part, with two large parcels hidden in false compartments of her handbag, while she had also swallowed 67 pellets of the Class A drug,” Babafemi said.
Obehi told investigators she intended to swallow 70 pellets but could not continue after 67, prompting her to hide the remaining three internally. The total weight of the cocaine seized was 2.523 kilograms.
The NDLEA placed Obehi under observation, and over several days she expelled all 67 pellets. The agency says this arrest is part of ongoing efforts to disrupt drug trafficking through Nigeria’s airports.
In related operations, NDLEA officers at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, intercepted a British national with 37.6 kilograms of cannabis and seized large quantities of other illicit drugs in Lagos, Kaduna, Kwara, Bauchi, and Kano states.
NDLEA Chairman Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retired) praised officers for their vigilance and commitment to reducing drug trafficking and abuse nationwide.
The agency continues its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) campaign, conducting sensitization programs in schools and communities across the country.
