NDLEA Arrests KC Luxury Over Alleged N39bn Cocaine Shipment
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has dismantled an alleged international cocaine trafficking cartel operating through Nigeria, seizing 184.5kg of cocaine and arresting two key suspects in Lagos.
One of the suspects is Afolabi Michael, popularly known online as KC Luxury, whom the agency identified as the alleged Nigerian coordinator of the syndicate.
NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (retd.), disclosed the development on Tuesday while briefing journalists in Lagos.
Marwa said the operation began with the interception of the cocaine consignment concealed for export through a courier logistics company in Lagos. He described it as the largest cocaine seizure made through a courier company in Nigeria.
Following the seizure, the agency constituted a Special Investigation Team to trace the network behind the shipment, leading to the arrest of two key suspects.
One of them, Lawal Mujab Kehinde, a staff member of the logistics company, was allegedly found to have maintained contact with the cartel’s Nigerian coordinator and processed consignments destined for the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.
Investigators subsequently identified Afolabi, known as KC Luxury, as the alleged Nigerian arrowhead of the network. The agency said he operated publicly as a luxury goods dealer and social media influencer dealing in gold, jewellery and other luxury items.
Afolabi was arrested at the boarding gate of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on August 13, 2026, after intelligence indicated he planned to leave Nigeria on a business-class flight to Paris.
NDLEA said he was found with €7,750, £2,800 and N100,000, as well as expensive jewellery. A search of his luxury apartment in Banana Island, Ikoyi, reportedly led to the recovery of exotic vehicles.
According to Marwa, the cartel expected to make up to N39 billion from the consignment through its international distribution network.
The agency said the syndicate allegedly used false identities and financial facilitators to conceal shipments and move funds, while some suspected members had also been arrested by British authorities.
Marwa warned that luxury lifestyles and social media influence would not protect drug traffickers, assuring that the NDLEA would continue working with international partners to dismantle transnational drug networks.
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