NDLEA arrests influencer ‘KC Luxury’ in ₦39bn cocaine bust

Nigerian authorities have arrested online celebrity and influencer Afolabi Kazeem Michael over an alleged planned shipment of more than 180 kilogrammes of cocaine from Lagos.

According to Hindustan Times, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said Michael was arrested at Lagos airport while trying to flee to Paris, after authorities seized 184.5 kilogrammes of cocaine worth about ₦39 billion suspected to belong to his gang.

NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi described it as the largest cocaine seizure in a courier company in Nigeria, with a courier staff member and others also arrested.