The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a 38-year-old South African lady, Ms. Will Jessica Ann, after she was allegedly found to have concealed 14 large blocks of heroin weighing 5.75 kilograms in her luggage.

The suspect was accused of using her three-year-old son as a cover to beat security checks and evade thorough screening at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

A statement issued in Sunday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, said the suspect was arrested on Monday, 6th July 2026 during the inward clearance of passengers on Qatar Airways flight QR 1433 from Doha to Abuja.

Babafemi disclosed that the the South African national initially denied travelling with check-in bags, but after operatives were able to quickly establish that the two bags containing the drugs had tags which tallied with the claim tags attached to her passport, she recounted and admitted ownership of the bags adding that she forgot she checked in the two bags.

“She claimed to have travelled from Cambodia through Doha to Abuja. Intelligence leading to her arrests indicates she is a member of a transnational drug trafficking organization along with her husband/partner, Jan Coenraad De Jager, based in Cambodia from where they operate their drug network along the Cambodian-South African axis,” the statement partly read.