Two suspected drug traffickers intercepted by operatives of the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, have excreted 191 pellets of
cocaine, heroin.Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who
disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, April 18, said Chukwudi Destiny
was arrested during the outward clearance of an Italy bound Ethiopian
Airline.
“On 10th April 2021, during the outward screening of passengers on
Ethiopian airline to Italy, NDLEA operatives at MMIA intercepted and
referred one Chukwudi Destiny for scanning and the scan result proved
positive to drug ingestion. Consequently, he was placed under excretion
observation and in the process; he excreted 92 pellets of Heroin with a
total weight of 1.300Kg,” the statement says.
On Friday 16th of April, 2021, another trafficker, Ezekiel Chibuzo
who arrived Lagos from Brazil on board Qatar airline was also arrested
for drug ingestion. He has so far excreted 99 wraps of cocaine.
Also on 12th April 2021, during the inbound examination of
consignments on Ethiopian airline cargo flight from South Africa,
operatives at SAHCO import shed made a seizure of 11.550kg of Heroin
cleverly packed and concealed in corn flakes cartons. Four clearing
agents are in custody in connection to the seizure.
According to the Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Garba, a
sting operation was executed on the address provided by one the
suspects.
In the process, a Congolese, Kayembe Kamba Mazepy was arrested. After
his arrest, he mentioned another person who is to receive the parcel
from him.
On the strength of the information, another sting operation was
conducted in the early hours of Saturday 17th April, 2021 where the
person that came to take delivery was arrested.
In a similar development, officers at export shed of the airport have also seized 822.950kg of khat leaves heading to UK and US.
Reacting to the latest drug haul at the airport, Chairman of NDLEA,
Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa commended the officers and men of the
MMIA Command for their commitment to the nations crusade against illicit
drugs.
“While I commend the officers and men of our MMIA Command, let me
again warn unrepentant barons and traffickers that the game is up for
them because well continue to disrupt their criminal trade as part of
efforts to secure our country and protect the future of our youths,
Marwa stated in his message on Sunday.” he stated.
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