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NDLEA Arrests Two Freight Forwarders Over Drug Trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two customs freight forwarders for the importation of two recent drug consignments from Canada concealed in vehicle containers through Tin Can seaport in Apapa, Lagos.
One of them, Gboyega Ayoola Elegbeji, was arrested at his house, 14 Bakare Street, Idi Araba, Lagos, on Wednesday 22nd June, for importing a 40ft container, TRHU7874497, containing 33 parcels of cannabis indica (Colorado) weighing16.5kg.
The second suspect, Sunday Joe Oyebola (aka Otunba), was arrested on Thursday 23rd June.
Oyebola, who is a member of Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agent (ANLCA), was linked to the importation of a 40ft container, MEDU4389887, containing four vehicles used to conceal 290 parcels weighing 145kg cannabis indica (Colorado) from Montreal, Canada.
According to a statement signed by the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, Headquarters, Femi Babafemi, on,Sunday 26th June 2022, alleged that the customs broker had been on the run since March and had in the course of the investigation allegedly attempted to bribe officers with N10million to influence the case.
Meanwhile, a Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Uche Benson, has also been arrested by operatives of the NDLEA at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, with pellets of cocaine concealed in his private part.
Igwedum was nabbed at the Lagos airport on Monday, 20th June, upon his arrival on Ethiopian Airlines from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa.
Preliminary investigations reveal the suspect had swallowed 50 wraps of cocaine before departing Brazil and excreted 48 pellets in Addis Ababa where he handed them over to another person.
He, however, claimed he was unable to excrete the remaining two wraps at the hotel room in Addis Ababa before boarding his flight but later excreted them in the aircraft restroom during the flight from Ethiopia to Lagos.
In the same vein, after three weeks of painstaking investigation and tracking, operatives of the MMIA Command of NDLEA on the night of Saturday, 25th June, arrested a drug kingpin, Onyekachi Chukwuma Macdonald, for attempt to export 40 parcels of Methamphetamine, popularly called Mkpuru Mmiri locally, to London, United Kingdom, through the NAHCO export shed of the Lagos airport.
Onyekachi was arrested at Manacola estate, Alakuko area of Lagos, at the weekend, three weeks after his Mkpuru Mmiri consignment weighing 2.05kilograms was intercepted at the airport, and his freight agent, Peter Christopher Anikan, arrested on 7th June.
The suspect, who is from Ahiazu, Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, said had lived in Dubai, UAE, for 10 years before returning to Nigeria in 2019.
He stated that after his return to Nigeria he opened a phone accessories shop in Sango Otta, Ogun State, but that the business collapsed.
By: Nkpemenyie Mcdominic, Lagos
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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