The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 34-year-old Ugandan woman, Farida Nansubuga, for attempting to smuggle 1.15kg of coc@ine from Nigeria to Uganda.
Nansubuga was apprehended on November 3, 2026, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while preparing to board a flight home. Operatives reportedly discovered 87 wraps of coc@ine concealed around her pelvic region beneath two layers of underwear.
According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, the suspect arrived in Nigeria on October 29 with members of her church for a prayer session at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun, Lagos.
However, while the other members of her delegation returned to Uganda, she stayed behind to collect the dr¥gs for a friend identified as Joy.
“The other members of her delegation flew back to Uganda, while she stayed behind, not to pray some more, but to pick up a consignment of coc@ine, which she hid in her private part in a bid to smuggle it into her country,” the agency stated.
She was reportedly intercepted during a joint screening exercise involving NDLEA officers and aviation security personnel.
Preliminary investigations revealed that a Nigerian contact arranged transportation to a hotel, where an unidentified man handed her the dr¥gs.
The suspect told investigators she was instructed to hide the coc@ine beneath her clothes to evade security checks. She expected to receive at least $1,000 upon successful delivery, although no specific payment was agreed upon.
NDLEA Chairman, Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), described the incident as evidence of how dr¥g cartels expl%it religious activities and travel to recruit couriers.
“The case of the Ugandan woman is a sad reminder that dr¥g cartels will stop at nothing, including expl%iting faith and religious travel, to recruit couriers for their de@dly trade,” he said.
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