NDLEA Arrests Malaysian Returnee for Smuggling Drugs Hidden in Speakers

• The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives have arrested a Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu (aka Richard), for drug trafficking
• 41-year-old Udatu was arrested with two giant music speakers used to conceal illicit drugs on Monday, April 7, 2025
• The suspect is an ex-convict who had been arrested, convicted, and jailed for drug trafficking offences while in Malaysia before returning to Nigeria

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FCT, Abuja - A 41-year-old Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu (aka Richard), has been arrested with two giant music speakers used to conceal four large parcels of methamphetamine.

The drug, which weighed 2.700 kilograms, was for distribution in Yola and Mubi, Adamawa state, and across the border into Cameroon.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested Udatu inside a commercial transport bus at its checkpoint at Namtari along Ngurore-Yola road, Adamawa, on Monday, April 7, 2025.

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NDLEA operatives arrested Udatu with two new music speakers used to conceal four packages of methamphetamine and a monetary exhibit of N22,300.

The director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday, April 13, 2025, via the NDLEA X handle @ndlea_nigeria.

Udatu confessed that he returned to Nigeria to continue his illicit drug trade after serving out his jail term in Malaysia.

The ex-convict said he was arrested, convicted, and sent to prison for drug trafficking offences while in Malaysia.

In a similar development, NDLEA officers, in a joint border operation with Customs personnel, arrested 35-year-old Odoh Peter Ikechukwu with 8,740 ampoules of assorted opioids, weighing 395kg.

The trans-border drug trafficker was arrested at the Nigeria/Cameroon border, Mfum, Cross River state.

The drugs include: 1,080 ampoules of fentanyl injection, 2,160 ampoules of morphine sulphate injection, 3,010 ampoules of phenobarbital sulphate injection, 2,160 ampoules of pethidine injection, and 330 ampoules of midazolam injection.

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Legi.ng earlier reported that two India-bound brothers were arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos state.

NDLEA officers arrested the two brothers with 5kg of cocaine concealed in the walls of their suitcases.

Babafemi shared more details on how NDLEA operatives made the arrest and that of other suspects.

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Legit.ng also reported that NDLEA operatives arrested an Indian lady, Ms. Neetu, for drug trafficking.

Neetu was arrested with 72 parcels of heroin factory sealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates.

Babafemi explained how the Indian woman was arrested by NDLEA officers at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano state.

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Illicit drugs like Cocaine, Tramadol, Loud, Molly, and others are concealed in prayer beads, packs of board games, and female clothes to the USA, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Poland, and UAE.

Babafemi narrated how the suspects were arrested by the officers on different days.

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