The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted not less than 101 parcels of Cocaine concealed in eight children’s duvets at the Lagos Airport.
The illicit drug was brought into the country by a 52-year-old Brazilian returnee, Akudirinwa Hilary Uchenna who hails from Oru East Local Government area of Imo State.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday that the suspect was arrested on Saturday at the D-Arrival Hall of the Lagos airport upon his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha aboard Qatar Airline flight, while the 101 parcels of the class A drug with a gross weight of 13.2 kilogram were recovered from his only check-in bag.
During preliminary interview, Uchenna who claimed to be a carpenter confessed that he was to be paid N5 million for trafficking the drug after successfully delivering the consignment in Lagos.
In a related development, Babafemi said, big pellets of skunk concealed in detergent containers was also intercepted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu. A 37-year-old South African returnee, Ezekwesili Afamefune brought in the consignment weighing 730grams aboard Ethiopian Airline flight from Johannesburg, South Africa via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
In Edo state, a 24-year-old drug dealer, Christian John was arrested by NDLEA operatives in Egbeta, Ovia North East LGA for selling assorted illicit drugs which include sachets of drugged Milo beverage, cannabis sativa, swinol and tramadol tablets, while in Zamfara state, one Chibuzor Uba, was arrested on Fridayl with 1,955 ampules of pentazocine at Kaura Namoda area of Zamfara State.
A cross-border drug trafficker, Stanley Chibuzor, was also arrested on Friday by officers of the Marine Unit of NDLEA stationed at Oron beach, Oron, Akwa Ibom state.
The suspect who hails from Ihiala, Anambra state was nabbed with 11,190 tablets of Tramadol during the outward clearance of passengers traveling to Cameroon and in Ondo state, a drug dealer who produces and sells skuchies, Oluwaseun Agboola, was arrested Thursday, at his Igoba, Second Gate, Akure residence where 73 bottles of skuchies weighing 77kg stocked in his kitchen were recovered.
Skuchies are usually a mixture of Tramadol, Cannabis sativa, Codeine, Black Currant (popularly called Zobo) and water.
In Lagos, an early morning raid in the notorious Akala, Mushin area of the state on Saturday, led to the seizure of 746.25 kilograms of cannabis, Babafemi said in a statement released on Sunday.
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