Eko Hot Blog reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a pregnant woman for alleged drug trafficking.
In a statement on Sunday, the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the pregnant woman identified as Gloria Onome, was arrested with 800 grams of skunk at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed airport in Lagos.
He said the skunk was concealed in two small radio sets that the suspect wanted to send to Dubai
The NDLEA spokesperson also disclosed that the agency arrested one Iwuozor Chinedu with 1.30 kgs and 900 grams of cocaine at the Lagos airport.
“Top on the list of those so far arrested in connection with the seizures is a Nigerian based in Athens, Greece, Iwuozor Edward Chinedu. He was debarked from an Ethiopian Airline flight on Friday 3rd February after officers in the tarmac team of NDLEA intercepted two bags during a secondary check exercise at the foot of the aircraft,” the statement reads.
“When the bags were searched in the presence of Chinedu and other airport stakeholders, two big pellets wrapped with foil papers and some sprinkles of pepper were recovered from each of the two sides of one of the bags. The pellets were used to construct false walls at the sides of the bag.
“The two parcels contained substances that tested positive to cocaine and heroin with a gross weight of 1.30kgs and 900grams respectively.
“During the preliminary interview, Chinedu claimed he came to Nigeria three months ago for 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 two million naira (N2,000,000).”
Similarly, Babafemi said NDLEA operatives arrested one Mrs. Okpara Chizoba Victoria at her residence on Friday, January 27, following the seizure of 300 grams of skunk hidden in a bag of crayfish she was sending to Dubai, UAE, through a freight agent.
“In the same vein, operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the airport on Thursday 26th Jan. intercepted a sack of new clothes going to Sierra Leone. During a thorough search of the consignment, a parcel of white crystalline substance that tested positive to methamphetamine with a gross weight of 1kg, as well as 300grams of skunk and 100grams ecstasy (MDMA) were recovered. A freight agent, Mfonabasi Victor Joseph was already arrested in connection with the seizure.
“No fewer than 255,500 pills of tramadol and diazepam were recovered from an Italy based suspect, Duru Josephat who concealed the drugs in two of the bags he was travelling with to Milan, Italy on an Ethiopian airline flight. He confessed he bought the drugs in Onitsha, Anambra state and was taking them to Italy to sell,” the statement added.
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