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| Nnadume Jude Ewelle |
Officials
of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 43-year old
trader in connection with illicit smuggling of heroin, the agency said yesterday
[May 1].
NDLEA said the suspect, Mr. Nnadume
Jude Ewelle, was apprehended with 500 grammes of heroin at the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, as he was about boarding a
Lufthansa flight to the United States.
“Nnadume Jude Ewelle was found with 30
wraps of heroin hidden in the breast pocket of his jacket which was inside his
hand luggage. We also found two tickets with him. Apart from the valid ticket to
the United States, there was also a fake Turkish Airline ticket indicating Lagos
to Pakistan. This was to divert attention from him taking drugs into United
States”, NDLEA
quoted Hamza Umar, the agency’s airport
commander.
“During interrogation, Nnadume said he
wanted to raise money for his business and that he had no helper. While
attempting to justify his criminal act, the suspect said that Customs officials
impounded his goods worth N10 million”, Mitchell Ofoyeju, NDLEA Head of
Public Affairs said in a statement.
He quoted the suspect as lamenting:
“I have suffered several setbacks in life. My major problem was when
Customs officials impounded my containers of fairly used tyres worth N10
million. This trip was to enable me make some good money for my
business”.
NDLEA said that Nnadume is
married with a child, adding that he attended Agulu-Awka Primary School, Awka,
where he left in 1983.
“The suspect sells shirts at Onitsha
main market. He made his first trip to the United States in 2010. Nnadume had
also lived in France for five years in search of better conditions of
living”, NDLEA
said.
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