•Intercepts Brazilian lady with N3b heroin in coffee packs at Abuja airport
By Mashe Umaru Gwamna
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two suspects: Aminu Ali Baba, 20, and Abdulrasheed Abubakar, 28, on Friday 23rd January in connection with the seizure of two bags containing 140 packets of explosives heading to Kano and Kaduna.
This is as the agency intercepted a Brazilian lady with N3b heroin in coffee packs at Abuja airport
NDLEA in a statement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, its Director, Media & Advocacy, said the bags were intercepted in a commercial bus along Kaduna- Zaria highway, Zaria, while Aminu Ali Baba was arrested at Karota park in Kano and Abdulrasheed Abubakar nabbed at Mando park in Kaduna in swift follow-up operations.
“An intelligence-led raid at Kwangila, Zaria LGA Kaduna on Thursday 22nd January led to the arrest of Fatima Ibrahim, 42, and Adejimoh Ismaila, 44, with 120 kilograms of skunk recovered from them.”
Meanwhile, a 30-year-old Brazilian lady, Ms. Ingrid Rosa Benevides was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.
She was arrested for bringing into Nigeria a total of 30.09 kilograms of white heroin concealed in factory sealed coffee packs worth over N3 billion in street value.
The suspect who works as a private security officer in Brazil was arrested at the Abuja airport on Friday 23rd January 2026 upon her arrival on a Qatar Airways flight QR1431, following processed intelligence.
“After her arrest, a search was conducted on her two checked-in bags where 21 factory-sealed packets of Brazilian coffee were found.
“When the coffee bags were opened, rather than containing the beverage, what was found inside were white substances that later tested positive for heroin weighing a total of 30.09 kilograms, making it the single largest heroin seizure at the Abuja airport. During her preliminary interview, the suspect claimed she brought the white heroin consignment under the guise of coming to Nigeria for holidays.”
