Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos have arrested a Nigerian based in Brazil with 101 parcels of cocaine concealed inside children duvets.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, the illicit drug was brought into the country by a 52-year-old Brazil returnee, Akudirinwa Hilary Uchenna.
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The suspect, who hails from Oru East Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State 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.
The 101 parcels of the class A drug with a gross weight of 13.2 kilogram were recovered from his only check-in bag.
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.
Elsewhere, big pellets of skunk concealed in detergent containers was intercepted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu State from a 37-year-old South Africa 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 LGA, Anambra State.
In Edo state, a 24-year-old drug dealer Christian John was arrested by NDLEA operatives in Egbeta, Ovia North East LGA for selling assorted illicit drugs which include sachets of drugged Milo beverage, cannabis sativa, swinol and tramadol tablets, while in Zamfara state, one Chibuzor Uba, 30, was arrested on Friday 8th April with 1,955 ampules of pentazocine at Kaura Namoda area of Zamfara state
Operatives of the Marine Unit of NDLEA stationed at Oron beach, Oron, Akwa Ibom State arrested a cross-border drug trafficker, Stanley Chibuzor, 21, was on Friday April 8, 2022 arrested by officers
Chibuzor who hails from Ihiala, Anambra State was caught with 11,190 tablets of Tramadol during the outward clearance of passengers traveling to Cameroon.
In Ondo state, a drug dealer who produces and sells skuchies, Oluwaseun Agboola, 25, was arrested on Thursday, April 7, at his Igoba, Second Gate, Akure residence where 73 bottles of skuchies weighing 77kg stocked in his kitchen were recovered. Skuchies are usually a mixture of Tramadol, Cannabis sativa, Codeine, Black Currant (popularly called Zobo) and water.
In Lagos, an early morning raid in the notorious Akala, Mushin area of the state on Saturday 9th April led to the seizure of 746.25 kilograms of cannabis.
While commending officers and men of the MMIA, AIIA, Edo, Zamfara, Akwa Ibom, Lagos and Ondo state Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures, Chairman of NDLEA, Brigadier-General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) charged them and their colleagues across the country to remain focussed and abstain from acts capable of compromising or jeopardising the collective goal of ridding Nigeria of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
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