The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it
intercepted 101 packs of cocaine concealed in eight children duvets at Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, the agency
spokesperson, said the illicit drug was brought into the country by Akudirinwa
Hilary Uchenna, a 52-year-old Brazilian returnee from of Imo state.
“He was arrested on Saturday 9th April at the D-Arrival Hall
of the Lagos airport upon his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha aboard
Qatar Airline flight, while the 101 parcels of the class A drug with a gross
weight of 13.2 kilogram were recovered from his only check-in bag,” the
statement reads.
“During preliminary interview, Uchenna who claimed to be a
carpenter confessed that he was to be paid N5million for trafficking the drug
after successfully delivering the consignment in Lagos.”
In another development, the agency said it intercepted big
pellets of skunk, made from unpollinated cannabis plants, concealed in
detergent containers at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.
“A 37-year-old South African returnee, Ezekwesili Afamefune
brought in the consignment weighing 730grams aboard Ethiopian Airline flight
from Johannesburg, South Africa via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ezekwesili is from
Awka south local government area of Anambra state,” it said.
The NDLEA added that it arrested Christian John, an alleged
drug dealer in Edo state for selling assorted illicit drugs which include
sachets of drugged Milo beverage, cannabis, swinol and tramadol tablets, while
it arrested in Chibuzor Uba in Zamfara with 1,955 ampules of pentazocine.
Drug dealers in Akwa Ibom and Ondo were also said to have
been apprehended.
Commenting on the arrests and seizures, Buba Marwa, NDLEA
chairman, asked the officers to remain focused and abstain from acts capable of
jeopardising the collective goal of ridding Nigeria of drug abuse and illicit
drug trafficking.
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