US EditionNigeria: NDLEA Arrests Female Drug Kingpin, Intercepts 23.50kg Cocaine in Lagos
- Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on December 9, 2025, with 23.5 kilograms of cocaine found in her children's room in Lagos.
- The cocaine is valued at over ₦5 billion and is part of a larger trafficking operation linked to previous arrests in May 2024, involving a couple who had 57.5 kilograms of cocaine.
- NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi stated that Simbiat had been on the run since the previous arrests but was eventually tracked down through intelligence operations.
- NDLEA Chairman Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa praised the professionalism of the NDLEA officers and emphasized the need for vigilance during the festive season.
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NDLEA nabs wanted female drug kingpin in Lagos with 23.5kg Cocaine hidden in children’s room
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted female drug kingpin, Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat, following the recovery of 23.5 kilograms of cocaine concealed in her children’s room at her residence in Lagos.
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Advertisements Twenty months after a cocaine trafficking cartel led by a couple: Bolanle Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda was smashed in Lagos and Ogun state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with multi-billion-naira worth of the illicit drug recovered from them, another leader of the syndicate Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat who went underground since May 2024 has been nabbed in her Lagos home where additional …
NDLEA Arrests Wanted Female Drug Kingpin in Lagos, Recovers 23.5kg of Cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted female drug kingpin, Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat, following the recovery of 23.5 kilograms of cocaine concealed inside her residence in Lagos. The suspect was arrested after months of intelligence-led surveillance, nearly 20 months after the NDLEA dismantled a trans-border cocaine trafficking syndicate operating across Lagos and Ogun states. The earlier operation …
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Barely two years after operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency dismantled a cocaine trafficking network operating across Lagos and Ogun states, the agency has arrested another senior member of the syndicate who had remained in hiding since mid-2024. NDLEA officers tracked down and arrested Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat, identified as a key stash keeper for the cartel, at her residence in Lagos, where they recovered 23.50 kilograms of c…
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