NDLEA Officers Arrests 2 Suspects With 16.65kg Of Cocaine At Lagos Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested  Nigerians who came in from Sao Paulo, Brazil, with sixteen.Sixty five kilogramme of materials suspected to be cocaine on their arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

The two suspected traffickers, Okwubunne Chidiebere Simeon and Aniakor Uchenna James, were arrested on October 28, 2020, and had been said to have concealed the medicine in a astounding way to overcome the officials of the NDLEA.

The NDLEA Commander on the airport, Garba Ahmadu, in a statement, said the medicine have been hid in eight children cover which contained seven absorbent towels soaked with cocaine while others had been well and cleverly hid in tin cans categorized ‘Schramn’.

“If this quantum of medication had penetrated into the society, we will most effective consider the multiplier impact of crime fee inside the united states of america,” Ahmadu said.

He said inside the 1/3 zone of this 12 months, from July to September, the organization had arrested 12 suspected drug traffickers, which protected seven males and 5 ladies, and a complete of 15.800kg capsules seized, which protected cannabis sativa, cocaine and methamphetamine.

According to the NDLEA commander, “The involvement of people in pills is condemnable considering the reality that drug consumption is a catalyst that fuels crime. I want to name on nicely-meaning Nigerians to collaborate with us by means of exposing capsules barons. All statistics shared with us will constantly be handled with utmost confidentiality. The Command will stay focused at the drug war with the aid of intensifying efforts and exposing whatever modes of concealment used by the drug peddlers.”