NDLEA intercepts Indian woman with 11kg of Heroin in Kano
Abdullateef Fowewe
The men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 42-year-old Indian woman identified as Neetu Neetu, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano while attempting to smuggle 11 kilograms of heroin into Nigeria.
A statement by the anti-drugs agency on Sunday confirmed that Neetu was intercepted upon arrival from Bangkok, Thailand, via Vietnam and Doha on a Qatar Airways flight (QR1431), after a thorough search of her luggage, leading to the discovery of 72 parcels of heroin factory-sealed in wafer wraps guised as chocolates.
In different operation officers of the NDLEA also arrested a 45-year-old suspect, Michael Ogundele, for attempting to smuggle 50,000 pills of tramadol concealed inside a gas cylinder in Kano.
Ogundele was apprehended on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Gadar Tamburawa, along the Zaria-Kano road, following credible intelligence, which led to the discovery of stash of tramadol 225mg pills hidden inside a 50-litre steel gas cylinder in his possession.
The statement reads, “Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 42-year-old Indian lady, Ms. Neetu Neetu at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Kano, with 72 parcels of heroin factory sealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates.
“The class A drug consignment weighing a total of 11 kilograms was recovered from Neetu’s luggage after a thorough search, following processed credible intelligence, during an inward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR1431 from Bangkok, Thailand via Vietnam and Doha at the arrival hall of the Kano airport on Friday 14th March 2025.
“In another interdiction operation in Kano, NDLEA officers on Thursday 20th March arrested a 45-year-old suspect, Michael Ogundele with a 50-litre steel gas cylinder at Gadar Tamburawa, along Zaria- Kano road. Based on credible intelligence, welding tools were later used to cut the giant cylinder after which 50,000 pills of tramadol 225mg concealed in it were extracted.”
