Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, on January 30, 2023, arrested a pregnant woman, Mrs Sylvester Gloria Onome.
Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, explained that the woman was arrested after 800g of skunk was discovered concealed in two small radio sets she was sending to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
On the same day, he said operatives also intercepted a consignment going to Kinshasa, Congo, containing 111 bottles of body cream that were used to conceal 24.50kg of ephedrine, a chemical precursor and active ingredient for producing methamphetamine (meth).
He said, “The cargo was later traced to a trader, Onyekachukwu Uduekwelu, at the Alaba Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, Lagos, after the initial arrest of two freight agents.”
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A housewife, Mrs Okpara Chizoba Victoria, was arrested at her residence Obashola Street, Ijesha, Lagos, on January 27, following the seizure of 300g of skunk hidden in a bag of crayfish she was sending to Dubai.
Also, other attempts to export large consignments of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ephedrine to Dubai and Europe through various disingenuous modes of concealment via the MMIA were frustrated by NDLEA operatives who intercepted them and arrested those behind the bids.
Top on the list of those arrested in connection with the seizures is a Nigerian based in Athens, Greece, Iwuozor Edward Chinedu. He was disembarked from an Ethiopian Airlines flight on February 3, after officers intercepted two bags containing 1.30kg of cocaine and 900g of heroin respectively.
Babafemi explained that, “During preliminary interview, Chinedu claimed he came to Nigeria three months ago to do a surgery, which he was not comfortable doing in Athens. He further claimed he was given the bag to deliver in Greece for a fee of N2m.”
He added that seizures and arrests were also made in Bauchi, Delta Gombe, Ogun, Kano, Ondo and Kogi states.
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