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Operatives of the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are said to have found a huge amount of
drugs suspected to be cocaine abandoned at the Muritala Mohammed International
Airport, Lagos.
Believed to have been left
there by a suspected drug trafficking syndicate, the drug was concealed in
industrial equipment and weighed in at 5.9kg.
“The luggage was imported
from Panama. When nobody came forward to claim ownership, we invited other
security agencies and carried out search. It was through the search that the
cocaine was discovered inside the equipment,” NDLEA Commander at the Lagos
Airport, Hamza Umar said.
The Punch reports:
A
statement by the Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the
industrial equipments were said to have originated from panama.
The
statement added that the discovery was made as a suspected drug trafficker
excreted 54 wraps of cocaine he had ingested in Brazil.
Umar
said, “Onyema Nnamdi, 36, was apprehended in connection with the ingestion of
54 wraps of cocaine, weighing 875 grammes.”
Nnamdi
claimed that he intended to marry with $4,000 that was promised as payment.
He
said, “I have struggled in my life but I have nothing to show for it. I was in
Cape Verde for six years before I went to Brazil in March 2013. My decision was
to use the proceeds to marry and settle down.”
Chairman/Chief
Executive of the Agency, Ahmadu Giade promised to investigate the illegal
shipment and expose those behind it.
He
said, “Drug barons have no hiding place. This abandoned seizure is an
indication that we are winning the war on narcotics. This case shall be
thoroughly investigated and those that are responsible be exposed and brought
to justice.”
Source: Punch
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