The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a convicted cocaine trafficker who allegedly disguised himself as an herbal tea businessman and intercepted a 20,000-litre fuel tanker fitted with a concealed compartment containing over two tonnes of cannabis.
A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the suspect, identified as 34-year-old Dunu Ebubechukwu, was arrested in a sting operation at Article Market, opposite Trade Fair Market, Ojo, Lagos, on Friday, September 4, 2026.
According to the NDLEA, Ebubechukwu was tracked following the interception of 1.2kg of cocaine concealed in phone chargers and destined for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at a courier company in Lagos on July 31.
The agency said the suspect admitted to masterminding some illicit drug shipments in the past and discarded his telephone SIM card after learning that the latest consignment had been intercepted.
The statement partly read, “The suspect, arrested in a sting operation at Article Market, opposite Trade Fair Market, Ojo area of Lagos, on Friday, September 4, 2026, while posing as an herbal tea businessman, was identified as 34-year-old Dunu Ebubechukwu.
