A female traveller, Rose Igbainoba, has
been arrested with 193 wraps of cocaine inside packs of sweets at the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The whitish
substance tested positive to cocaine and weighed 3.230kgs.
Anti-narcotics
officials discovered the drugs in the luggage of the 24-year old
Igbainoba, who was returning to Nigeria from Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) also arrested
a suspected member of the drug cartel identified as Chimezie Ofor.
The
NDLEA Commander at the MMIA, Mr. Ahmadu Garba, said Igbainoba, who
hails from Edo State, was found in possession of the drug while a
suspected member of the drug cartel in Lagos was successfully traced and
apprehended.
He said: “Igbainoba Uche Rose, who concealed
3.230kgs inside sweets, was apprehended at the arrival hall during
inward screening of passengers. A suspected member of the cartel, Ofor
Kamsochukwu Chimezie, was arrested on a follow-up operation. The
suspects are being investigated.”
The Head, Public Affairs of
NDLEA, Ofoyeju Mitchell, said in a statement that during interrogation,
Igbainoba said that she worked as a clerical officer after her secondary
school. She said: “I work as a clerical officer after I completed my
primary school because there was no money to further my studies.
I
have suffered hardship in life but a man offered to assist me to
establish my personal business. He promised to pay me N500,000. This was
how I got involved in this problem.” The Chairman/Chief Executive of
NDLEA, Muhammad Abdallah, warned drug traffickers to desist from their
criminal acts.
He said: “Drug criminals should shun their
unlawful act because the agency has perfected strategies to detect
narcotics notwithstanding how cleverly they were concealed. Recent drug
seizures clearly reflect the reformation of the NDLEA as an
intelligence-led organisation. “We are determined to trace major
traffickers behind the scene and prosecute the barons.”
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