The suspect, a Chinese national said to have naturalised in Malaysia, was intercepted on Sunday, May 17, 2026, shortly after arriving in Nigeria from Thailand via Dubai, United Arab Emirates, aboard an Emirates Airline flight.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 63-year-old Chinese grandmother, identified as Ting Hung Kiong, for attempting to smuggle a large consignment of illicit drugs into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
The suspect, a Chinese national said to have naturalised in Malaysia, was intercepted on Sunday, May 17, 2026, shortly after arriving in Nigeria from Thailand via Dubai, United Arab Emirates, aboard an Emirates Airline flight.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi.
According to the agency, NDLEA operatives attached to the Terminal 2 Arrival Hall of the Lagos airport intercepted the 63-year-old with two large travel boxes containing 31 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a potent synthetic strain of cannabis.
