NDLEA apprehend three for smuggling drugs
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested three suspects for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs in and out of the country.
According to NDLEA spokesperson, Jonah Achemah; Ifechukwu and Victor Anadu had swallowed 65 and 54 wraps of suspected substances and were intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.
Similarly the agency also arrested a 37-year-old woman, Omotayo Anifowoshe at the local wing of the Lagos airport with 3.0 kilogrammes of ephedrine and 1.9kg of cocaine.
Achemah said, “Ifechukwu flew in from Lagos and was intercepted at the airport in Abuja. He excreted 65 wraps of substances weighing 864 grammes out of which only one wrap tested positive for methamphetamine. He was on his way to Indonesia.
“Anadu was intercepted on his way to Indonesia. He excreted 54 wraps weighing 1,073.4 kilogrammes of suspected substances out of which 700 grammes tested positive for methamphetamine. The remaining 373.4 grammes did not test positive for any known drug.”
It was gathered that Anifowoshe, an indigene of Epe in Lagos State, was arrested moments after landing in Lagos and was to connect her flight to South Africa through a short cut linking the local airport to the international airport, after successfully boycotting security screening point.
Achema said: “She was intercepted with two big bags containing 3kgs of Ephedrine and 1.9kgs of Cocaine base. The drugs were concealed in the false bottom of the bags. She confessed that the luggage was handed to her by her fiancé at whose instance was the trip.”
Joy Anyim
