The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said its operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos have intercepted parcels of cocaine concealed in different parts of a travel bag brought into Nigeria by Nwadinobi Charles Uchemadu, a returnee from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha, on a Qatar Airways flight.
NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, who made the disclosure in a statement, yesterday, said Uchemadu was arrested last Monday, at the Lagos airport, during inward clearance of passengers on the Qatar airways flight, following the discovery of three parcels of cocaine weighing 2.70 kilograms factory sealed in parts of his travel bag.
He stated: “At the SAHCO export shed of the airport the same day, NDLEA operatives equally intercepted cans of powdered milk, baby food and beverages used to conceal 3.4 kilograms of cannabis going to Dubai, UAE. A freight agent, Ewelike Chibuike Cyril, who presented the consignment for export was subsequently arrested.
“In the same vein, parcels of cannabis weighing 6.30kgs concealed in sound systems (speakers) going to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, through the SAHCO export shed of the airport were also seized last Thursday by the operatives who initially arrested a freight agent, Joseph Obiji, involved and later the following day, nabbed another agent, Mbanu Ifeanyi Andrew, in a follow up operation at the ASPAMDA market, Trade Fair Complex, Ojo area of Lagos.
