Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday arrested a lady, Okafor Ebere Edith, with 35 wraps of cocaine hidden in her underwear during outward clearance of passengers on Air Cotevoire to Monrovia, Liberia, from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
According to the Director of Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was picked up for search and questioning during which the wraps of the illicit drug were found on her.
She however claimed her desire to make money pushed her into drug trafficking.
Babafemi said another suspect, Echendu Jerry Maduakolam, was arrested at Gate A departure hall of the MMIA last Tuesday during outward clearance of Egypt airline to Istanbul, Turkey, with 78grams of cannabis mixed with dried bitter leaves.
On the same day, another intending male passenger, Egbon Osarodion, going to Milan, Italy, was arrested at the airports Gate A departure hall during outward clearance of passengers on Egypt airline with different quantities of 225mg Tramadol and Rohypnol concealed in foil papers wrapped in a polyethylene bag.
The agency’s spokesman further disclosed that a raid was carried out in Mailefe village in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State on a warehouse storing drugs for bandits.
He said, ”Meanwhile, acting on credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives from Kontagora Area command of the Agency in the early hours of Thursday 29th July 2021 raided a warehouse at Mailefe village in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger state, where drug supplies for bandits operating in parts of the state were stored.
”After a 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.”