# Major Nigerian cocaine bust leads to arrests

https://mins.news/en/item/27774

- France 24, 2026-08-20 21:17 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260820-major-nigerian-coke-bust-leads-to-arrest

> Nigeria’s drug enforcement authorities have dismantled an international cocaine-trafficking ring that used Africa’s most populous country as a transit hub for shipments of life-threatening narcotics destined for other countries. Arrests followed the operation.

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