BREAKING: NDLEA Arrests Drug Traffickers In Lagos Airport

On Sunday the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, gave the information in a statement issued in Abuja

The first attempt to bring into Nigeria 76 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.150kg was made by Agudozie Peter Ihie on May 25, 2021. He was arrested during the inward security clearance of passengers on Qatar airline from Kenya, at the E-arrival Hall of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

Babafemi said, “At the point of arrest, he was found in possession 36 pellets of cocaine concealed in his pants. While under observation, he excreted additional 40 pellets. During preliminary interrogation, he confessed to having swallowed the drugs in Nairobi but became pressed during the transit period in Doha and excreted some wraps on board the aircraft en route to Lagos.

“Barely two hours after the arrest of Agudozie Peter Ihie for cocaine
ingestion, NDLEA operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the Lagos
Airport also intercepted 4.2 kilograms of heroin bound for Italy. Two
freight forwarders have been arrested in connection to the seizure.

“During
the preliminary interview, one of the suspects stated that the
consignment belongs to one of his customers based in Italy and that it
was sent to him from Benin, Edo state through a transport company.

“The
suspect who hails from Imo State, however, fraudulently obtained a
Ghanaian passport using Peprah Livinus as his name. He is suspected to
be a member of some of the illicit drug trafficking groups with multiple
passports bearing different names in order to evade detection by
security agencies.”