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DARING MOVE: Intending Hajj Pilgrims Caught With Cocaine Consignments In Lagos
Eko Hot Blog reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested some intending pilgrims to the ongoing hajj in Saudi Arabia with cocaine consignments.
The agency disclosed the shocking development in a statement issued on Thursday by Femi Babafemi, its Director of Media and Advocacy.
According to Babafemi, NDLEA operatives uncovered the plot after raiding Emerald Hotel, Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos State where the suspects were lodged.
Drug trafficking suspects: Usman Kamorudeen and Olasunkanmi Owolabi
The suspects were caught in the act of ingesting wraps of cocaine ahead of their flight to the holy land on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
The agency named those arrested during the intelligence-led operation to include: Usman Kamorudeen, 31; Olasunkanmi Owolabi, 46; Fatai Yekini, 38; and a lady, Ayinla Kemi, 34.
The four suspects were lodged in two rooms in the hotel where they had prepared 200 pellets of cocaine weighing 2.20 kilograms to swallow when NDLEA officers stormed their rooms.
Babafemi said that one hundred wraps of the Class A substance were recovered from each of the two rooms, bringing the total seizure to 200 wraps. Two suspects were to swallow 100 wraps each.
Drug trafficking suspects: Fatai Yekini and a lady, Ayinla Kemi
Reacting to the development, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the commander, officers and men of the Lagos State Command of NDLEA, which conducted the operation.
Marwa said the agency will continue to spread its dragnet to track, trace and apprehend criminal commanders who may want to hide under pilgrimage to carry out their nefarious activities capable of denting the image of the country.
The NDLEA boss also stated that “the agency will work with our counterparts in Saudi Arabia to ensure that the designated recipients of seized illicit drug consignments in any part of Saudi Arabia are also traced and dealt with accordingly.”
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