NDLEA discoveres abandoned concain at LAGOS Airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency has said that it recovered cocaine
weighing 5.9kg abandoned by a suspected
drug baron at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Ikeja.
The spokesman for the agency, Mr Mitchell
Ofoyeju, said this in a statement made
available to the News Agency of Nigeria in
Lagos on Wednesday.
He said that the banned substance was
hidden inside industrial equipment
imported from Panama in Central America.
“The consignment was left unclaimed.
When nobody came to claim ownership,
we invited other security agencies and
carried out a search.
“It was in the process that the cocaine was
discovered inside the equipment, '' he said.
Ofoyeju also said that the agency arrested
a suspected drug trafficker who excreted
54 wraps of cocaine which he ingested in
Brazil.
“A 36-year-old man was also apprehended
in connection with the ingestion of 54
wraps of cocaine weighing 875 grammes.
“The suspect claimed that he had wanted
to get married with the sum of 4,000 U.S.
dollars (about N6.2 million) they promised
to pay him.
“He claimed he has struggled in life but has
nothing to show for it.
“ He was in Cape Verde for six years before
going to Brazil in March 2013,“ Ofoyeju
said.
He gave the assurance that the agency
would thoroughly investigate the cases
and prosecute offenders.
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