Attempts by a female passenger, Isesele Obehi and one Emmanuel Chibuzor Omebere to export illicit drugs to Europe through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja were thwarted by narcotic officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), who arrested them shortly before they boarded their flights.
While Isesele was nabbed on Saturday during outward clearance of Ethiopian Airline flight at Gate B departure hall of the Lagos airport on her way to Milan, Italy with 312 sachets of Tramadol, weighing 1.5kg, concealed in crayfish and dried vegetables, Chibuzor was equally caught with 137.45 grams of the same drug concealed in foodstuff at the Abuja airport on 2nd September during outward clearance of Turkish Airline flight to Istanbul, Turkey.
In the same vein, efforts by desperate traffickers to export varying sizes of consignments containing cocaine, heroin and other illicit drugs through courier firms were also foiled. Some of these include 475grams of heroin concealed in food items going to Canada; 202grams of cocaine hidden in body cream containers going to Australia; 720grams of Cannabis Sativa tucked in computer hard drives heading to United Arab Emirates, UAE and another 2.1kg of cannabis hidden in body cream bottles going to Oman, while 60grams of cocaine concealed in degree certificates meant for Australia was also seized, all from three courier firms in Lagos.
Also, one Aliyu Saidu, suspected to be a fake soldier was arrested with 2.3kg of Cannabis Sativa in a commercial bus from Lagos to Makurdi, last Monday at Aliade checkpoint, Benue State.
In Kano, one Shuaibu Yusuf, was arrested on Friday with 537kg of cannabis sativa, concealed among bags of cement in a truck, while in Ogun state, five persons were arrested on Tuesday after their truck conveying 552kg cannabis was intercepted at Ogere Remo, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Commending the officers and men of the Lagos airport, Abuja airport, Benue, Kano, Ogun, Rivers and Cross River as well as those of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation (DOGI), of the Agency for maintaining the heat on drug dealers, Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Brig-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) said their efforts “further reaffirm our determination that those in this criminal trade will always have the new NDLEA to contend with; whether in their homes, on the streets, at the ports and deep in the forests, we’ll chase them with every legitimate force and smoke them out, up to the last man or woman if they fail to repent.”
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