The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it
arrested one Pascal Okolo for alleged possession of cocaine.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA
spokesman, said the cocaine weighed 4.1kilograms and was hidden inside teabags.
He said it was discovered during an inward clearance of a
Qatar Airways flight that arrived in Nigeria from Sao Paulo via Doha on April
17.
Babafemi said another cargo weighing 950grams of “Heroin
concealed in the soles of lady footwears” was intercepted at MMIA and the
suspects arrested.
“At least, four traffickers involved in the attempts to
import and export illicit drugs through the country in the last week are now in
the custody of the Agency,” the statement reads.
“One of them is 33-year-old Pascal Ekene Okolo, an indigene
of Ihe in Ogwu Local Government Area of Enugu state, who was arrested during an
inward clearance of Qatar Airways flight from Sao Paulo via Doha at the arrival
hall of the NAIA on Sunday 17th April.
“Okolo who claimed to be into wine business in Brazil was
arrested with a travelling bag containing different medicinal teabags, which
were used to conceal 4.1kilograms of cocaine.
“Same day, a Canada
based Nigerian, Anigo Christian Godspower was intercepted at the D-Arrival Hall
of the MMIA, Ikeja, during an inward clearance of passengers on Qatar Airways
from Sao Paolo via Doha to Lagos. When his luggage was searched, two blocks of
Cocaine with a total weight of 2.10kg were discovered.
“The 52-year-old Anigo who hails from Udi local council area
of Enugu state claimed he operated an unregistered Bureau De Change business
before delving into the illicit drug trade.
“The bid by another cartel to export 950grams of Heroin
concealed in the soles of lady’s footwears through the MMIA cargo shed was
equally foiled by anti-narcotic officers who have so far arrested two suspects
linked to the crime. Those arrested between 16th and 17th April in connection
with attempt to export the drug to Monrovia, Liberia include: Idokoja Solomon
Chukwurah and Patrick John Tochukwu.”
The NDLEA spokesman added that operatives arrested other
suspects in separate raids across the country.
“Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives in raids in Kano, Kaduna, Benue
and Akwa Ibom state have seized no less than 88,734 doses of Tramadol,
Pentazocine, Diazepam and Swinol,” he said.
“In Kano, Aliyu Usman, 28, was arrested at Railway area of
the state capital with 47,000 capsules of Tramadol and 2,000 ampules of
pentazocine injection on Tuesday 19th April while Saminu Usman, 28, was nabbed
with 24,710 Tramadol tablets at Gadar Tamburawa area of Kano two days earlier.
“In Benue, another dealer, Emeka Eze was arrested at an
NDLEA checkpoint at Adikpo, Kwande Local Government area of the state with
10,000 Tramadol capsules and 900 tablets of swinol, while in Kaduna state, the
duo of Raphael Daniel and David Musa were arrested at Mando park, Kaduna with
1kg of Cocaine on Thursday 21st April.
“A week after Muhammad Sani Ibrahim sent 12.1kg of cannabis
from Lagos to Kaduna, operatives were able to trace and arrest him last
Thursday and brought him to Kaduna after his consignment was intercepted.
Another dealer, Kamilu Ibrahim was also arrested same day at Kargi village in
Kubau LGA, Kaduna State with 10.6kg Cannabis Sativa, while Bashir Ibrahim was
arrested on Friday 22nd April after his four consignments containing Cannabis
Sativa weighing 44.6kg were intercepted three days earlier along Abuja-Kaduna
express road.
“In Akwa Ibom state,
operatives arrested two female drug dealers: Eno-Obong Edet, 36, and Hossana
Esema Ukpong, 28, with various quantities of Rohypnol, Diazepam, Tramadol and
Cannabis, while a suspected fake security agent was arrested on Saturday 23rd
April in Abuja while moving 23.8kg cannabis from Lagos to Maiduguri, Borno
state.”
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