{"id":359782,"date":"2026-07-09T19:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mary-yetunde-barek-a-67-year-old-british-nigerian-grandmother-has-been-arrested-at-lagos-airport\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:00:31","slug":"mary-yetunde-barek-a-67-year-old-british-nigerian-grandmother-has-been-arrested-at-lagos-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mary-yetunde-barek-a-67-year-old-british-nigerian-grandmother-has-been-arrested-at-lagos-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Yetunde Barek, a 67-year-old British-Nigerian grandmother has been arrested at Lagos airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/VmO4qETMe-4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Yetunde Barek, a 67-year-old British-Nigerian grandmother has been arrested at Lagos airport\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VmO4qETMe-4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Accused of trying to smuggle cocaine onto a London flight. Nigeria&#8217;s drug agency says the drugs were hidden inside plantain peels \u2014 31 wraps packaged to look like real bunches of fruit, weighing around 13 kilos. Officers say she was stopped from boarding a Virgin Atlantic flight and admitted the drugs were hers. It&#8217;s one of a string of recent seizures as West Africa becomes a major hub in the global cocaine trade.#Cocaine #Nigeria #Lagos #News #BorderForce<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accused of trying to smuggle cocaine onto a London flight. Nigeria&#8217;s drug agency says the drugs were hidden inside plantain peels \u2014 31 wraps packaged to look like real bunches of fruit, weighing around 13 kilos. Officers say she was stopped from boarding a Virgin Atlantic flight and admitted the drugs were hers. 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