NDLEA Foils London-Bound Cocaine Shipment Concealed in Garri, Traced to Convicted Drug Kingpin in Lagos Prison
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted an attempt by a convicted drug kingpin identified as Olashupo Michael Oladimeji to export 1.10 kilograms of cocaine concealed in processed cassava granules, popularly known as Garri to London, United Kingdom.
Operatives of the anti-narcotic agency made the interdiction at an export shed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement made available to ThelensNG on Sunday said the consignment was heading to the UK via a Virgin Atlantic flight.
According to the spokesperson, Olashupo is presently serving a five-year jail term at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, Lagos.
The NDLEA had arrested Olashupo in 2025 in connection with a case of unlawful conspiracy to export 17.90kg cocaine, and was successfully prosecuted, convicted and sentenced in charge number FHC/L/925C/2025, by a Federal High Court in Lagos.
“Not ready to give up on his criminal enterprise, the convict who is the Chief Executive Officer of Dimeji Express Logistics, located at 20 Omilade Street, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, initiated the latest scheme from behind the prison wall to export the 1.10kg cocaine, using his company.
“His lid was however uncovered on Thursday 12th February when NDLEA officers at the export shed of the Lagos airport intercepted a consignment of compressed block of cocaine, hidden in a sack of Garri which was further packed inside a carton”, the statement read in part.
A staff of Dimeji Express Logistics, Adedeji Yusuf Gbolahan who presented the consignment for export was promptly arrested.
Investigations by the NDLEA revealed that Olashupo initiated the trafficking scheme from prison and directed Yusuf to pick the consignment at a location in Oshodi.
