The NDLEA spokesman says the suspect, Okafor Ebere Edith, was arrested on July 31, during the outward clearance of passengers...
says it has recovered 35 wraps of cocaine from a lady passenger at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport , Ikeja, Lagos.
He said the suspect, who tucked pellet of cocaine in her underwear to beat security checks at the airport, was however picked up for search.“During preliminary interview, the suspect claimed that the desire to make money pushed her into drug trafficking,” he said.Mr Babafemi said the operatives arrested another suspect, Echendu Jerry Maduakolam, an intending male passenger going to Istanbul, at Gate A Departure hall of the MMIA on July 27.
“This was also during outward clearance of passengers on Egypt Airlines with different quantities of 225mg Tramadol and Rohypnol concealed in foil papers wrapped in a polyethylene bag,” he said. “After thorough search of the warehouse, 125 bags of Cannabis Sativa were recovered while a man seen praying in front of the house fled into the forest when he sighted the narcotic officers from afar,” he said.
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