By our reporter 25.10.2026
A 34-year-old South African woman, Qhina Beauty has been chatting with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after being caught in possession of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos.
Qhina Beauty according to the NDLEA director of media and advocacy Femi Babafemi, was arrested at the departure hall while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to South Africa through Doha.
A search of her two travelling bags led to the recovery of 30 blocks of cocaine weighing 36.65kg. The drugs were mixed with dried pepper, wrapped in cello tape and packed into seven separate parcels.
Qhina Beauty told the NDLEA that she arrived in Nigeria on September 30 specifically to collect the consignment. She said another South African woman recruited her and promised to pay her R20,000 upon successful delivery. A Nigerian accomplice Uchenna Victor Umunnakwe who was also arrested admitting welcoming Qhina Beauty to Nigeria and assisting her for the trip.
In another development a 62-year-old Nigerian-American grandmother, Anetor Gloria Ubong, was busted with 9.45kg of high-grade cannabis known as loud imported from the United States.
Ubong was arrested on Wednesday, October 21, after her arrival aboard a United Airlines flight from Houston, United States.
The 62-year-old realtor, who resides in Richmond, Texas, and holds Nigerian and US passports, was found with 18 parcels of loud weighing 9.45kg, concealed with gift-wrapping paper inside a box in her checked-in luggage.Nigeria news updates
She reportedly claimed that her daughter and the daughter’s future brother-in-law delivered the box to her home in the United States for onward delivery in Nigeria to her daughter’s fiancé, identified as Jibola.
Qhina Beauty...bust for cocaine possession by the NDLEA.