NDLEA Arrests South African Woman with Cannabis in Nigeria

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested South African woman Gebashe Sithandiwe Jessie at Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State, with 32.74 kilogrammes of cannabis. This operation was part of a nationwide crackdown that also led to the seizure of various illicit drugs and firearms.

Jessie was apprehended with 30 parcels of Thai Loud, a cannabis strain, after traveling from Thailand through Doha, Qatar, on a Qatar Airways flight. She confessed to previous drug trafficking through other African countries and aimed to expand her operations to Port Harcourt.

Additionally, at the Import Shed of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, NDLEA operatives intercepted 354,000 tablets of Tapentadol, weighing 307.20 kilogrammes, in a shipment from Pakistan. This consignment arrived on 29 September and was examined on 6 October.

Another shipment from the UK contained 70 parcels of Colorado weighing 75.90 kilogrammes, leading to the arrest of several suspects, including clearing agent John Edrah and Uber driver Taofiq Ajibola.