The 49.70kg heroin consignment, described by the agency as the single largest heroin seizure ever recorded at the airport, was concealed in cartons of metal-cutting machines at the Import Shed of the airport’s cargo terminal.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested and repatriated Festus Ibewuike, alias Chidibest Ibewuike, a suspected drug kingpin who had evaded arrest for more than two years following the interception of 49.70kg of heroin at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The statement was signed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
Ibewuike was among three suspects declared wanted and charged in absentia after operatives of the NDLEA’s MMIA Strategic Command intercepted the consignment during a coordinated 12-day operation in February 2024.
The 49.70kg heroin consignment, described by the agency as the single largest heroin seizure ever recorded at the airport, was concealed in cartons of metal-cutting machines at the Import Shed of the airport’s cargo terminal.
