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Grandma Nabbed For Cocaine Trafficking
A 56-year-old grand mother has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja Lagos for allegedly inserting 20 wraps of cocaine in her private parts and ingesting 65 wraps.
The suspect, Abiola Khadijat who resides at Musa Adewokun Street, Ojota Lagos was arrested on October 7, at about 9 pm. She was to travel to Atlanta, United States (U.S.) when she tested positive to drug ingestion during screening of passengers on Delta Airline flight.
Abiola, an international trader said she was indebted and decided to smuggle narcotics. “A man I met in a popular eatery introduced me into the drug trade. I attempted suicide several times but I was encouraged. I used to go to London to buy clothes and jewelleries since 2004 but I lost everything.
I have three daughters; the eldest who is 21 is a single parent like me. Now I am old and cannot work anywhere, no help from anywhere and I got frustrated. They said they will pay me when I get to the US,” she said.
Another suspect, Godday Ugweogbu, 31 was also arrested on his way from Brazil on October 8, with 93 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine in his stomach.
Ugweogbu who hails from Orlu in Imo State said: “I excreted three wraps in the flight, but for fear of arrest I washed them and swallowed them again. I have financial problem. I was stranded in Brazil. I decided to smuggle the drugs because I was promised N2.5 million”.
He was caught during the screening of passengers on a South Africa Airline flight.
The agency also intercepted 6.350 kilogrammes of cocaine industrially packed inside 26 pairs of garden shears and 60 trowels on October 13,
The consignment with Airway bill number 176-8457 3576 was imported from Brazil on an Emirate cargo flight by Fuitful Investment Nigeria Limited at the cargo section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos.
Already, two clearing and forwarding agents, Abdullahi Shaba, 42 and Salau Nurudeen Wale have been arrested in connection with the consignment which was shipped by a Brazilian firm, Absoluta Trading. The value of the seized drugs in Lagos is N80.8 million .
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade attributed the recent successes recorded to good foreign collaboration and commitment to the drug war.
“The discovery was made possible through exchange of intelligence with the United Kingdom under the Operation West Bridge. This certainly signifies end of the road to drug barons because we have similar understanding with other countries. We shall continue to detect and seize their drugs notwithstanding the mode of concealment,” Giade said.
He assured that the case will be thoroughly investigated.
Speaking on the arrest, the Acting NDLEA Airport Commander, Alhaji Idris Bello said the drug was factory concealed in the handles of the garden shears and trowels. “The handles were practically broken before the drug was discovered,” he said. The two clearing and forwarding agents arrested are assisting NDLEA operatives in further investigation,” he said.
The agency vowed to dislodge drug cartels in the country following recent discoveries of narcotics imported through the cargo section of the Lagos airport. All the suspects will soon be charged to court.
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