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A 83 grandmother, Mrs. Uloma Uchechi Sunday, has been nabbed again by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with consignments of Methamphetamine and Colorado concealed around her waist, barely a year after she was nabbed, prosecuted and convicted for the same offence.
The octogenarian was arrested, Wednesday, 7th October 2026 at her home in Ite-Uzo, Umuaguma, Obingwa local government area of Abia state, with quantities of Methamphetamine and Colorado tied to her waist with a wrapper.
Her re-arrest followed credible intelligence indicating that she runs a notorious drug joint that harbours criminal elements who terrorise the community.
Uloma’s first encounter with the law was on 17th May 2025 when she was arrested by NDLEA operatives at her residence in the same village alongside her daughter, Chisom Uchechi, 32, with 50 grams of methamphetamine, 522 grams of skunk, 260 grams of fresh cannabis leaves and 12 grams of tramadol.
Both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment or a fine of N200,000 each. They paid the fine and were released by the court.
Undeterred, the notorious old woman promptly returned to the criminal trade and escalated the scale by setting up a drug joint where she harbours dangerous characters.
Also, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers state, NDLEA operatives, working in synergy with Customs Service, arrested a South African lady, Gebashe Sithandiwe Jessie, with 30 parcels of Thai Loud, a specie of cannabis, weighing 32.74 kilograms, concealed in two travelling bags.
The suspect had travelled from Thailand via Doha aboard Qatar Airways flight QR1431. She confessed to having previously trafficked through other African countries, and was expanding her route to Port Harcourt when she was caught.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives at the Import Shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos have intercepted a consignment of nine cartons from Pakistan aboard a Royal Air Maroc flight.
The cargo was placed under watch on arrival on 29th September. A joint examination of the shipment on Tuesday 6th October uncovered 354,000 tablets of Tapentadol 250mg weighing 307.20kg.
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