Brazilian returnee excretes cocaine wraps, Kwara NDLEA nabs 38 youths

Date: 2022-06-25

A Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Benson, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, with pellets of cocaine concealed in his private parts.

The NDLEA Public Relations Officer, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said Igwedum was nabbed at the Lagos airport last Monday upon his arrival on an Ethiopian airline from Sao Paulo, Brazil, via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The statement read, “Preliminary investigations reveal that the suspect had swallowed 50 wraps of cocaine before departing Brazil and excreted 48 pellets in Addis Ababa where he handed them over to another person.

“He, however, claimed he was unable to excrete the remaining two wraps at the hotel room in Addis Ababa before boarding his flight, but later excreted them in the aircraft restroom during the flight from Ethiopia to Lagos.

“In the same vein, after three weeks of painstaking investigation and tracking, operatives of the MMIA command of NDLEA on Saturday night, June 25, arrested a drug kingpin, Onyekachi Chukwuma Macdonald, behind attempts to export 40 parcels of Methamphetamine popularly called Mkpuru Mmiri locally to London, United Kingdom, through the NAHCO export shed of the Lagos airport.

“Onyekachi was arrested at Manacola estate, in the Alakuko area of Lagos, at the weekend, three weeks after his Mkpuru Mmiri consignment weighing 2.05kilograms was intercepted at the airport and his freight agent, Peter Christopher Anikan, arrested on 7th June.

“During his interview, the suspect said he's from Ahiazu, Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State and had lived in Dubai, UAE, for 10 years before returning to Nigeria in 2019. He stated that after his return to Nigeria, he opened a phone accessory shop in Sango Otta, Ogun State, but the business collapsed.

“He then started sending cigarettes to London and decided to conceal the illicit drug in the consignment after advice by a friend.”

Meanwhile, two kingpins behind the importation of two recent drug consignments from Canada concealed in vehicle containers through the Tincan seaport in Apapa, Lagos, were arrested by NDLEA operatives.

In a related development, Commander of the NDLEA in Kwara State, Ibrahim Saidu, said the command arrested 38 youths with 53.33kg of illicit drugs and psychotropic substances in the state within the two months of his resumption of office.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olukotun Of Ikotun     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Apaola     Pakata     Mutawali     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Okasanmi Ajayi     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     2023 Elections     Shuaib Olarongbe     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Ishaq Salman     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Memunat Monsuma     Ayo Adeyemi     Lanre Badmus     Olabimpe Olani     Abubakar Aliagan     ASMAU PLAZA     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Akeem Lawal     Ilorin East     Adedipe     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Yahya Mohammed     Yeketi     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Bolakale Saka     Segun Adeniyi     Tunde Oyawoye     Jawondo     Olaoye B. Felix     Computer Based Test     Akanji     Odolaye Aremu     Aminu Ado Bayero     Adebayo Salami     Kwara Hotel     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Lanre Issa Onilu     Bamidele Adegoke     Oloriegbe     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Henry Makinwa     Saeedat Aliyu     Crystal Corner Shops     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Hausa     Emir Of Shonga     Yahaya Muhammad     Ayodele Shittu     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     GANZY     Coronavirus     Share-Tsaragi     Javed Khan     Yahaya Oloriegbe     UITH     Ayobami Seriki     Public Holiday     Funmi Salau     Michael Nzekwe     Lanre Jimoh     Radio Kwara     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Baba Isale     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Alabi Lawal     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Salake     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Budo-Egba     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Aiyedun     Kwara Metro Park    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ayodele Shittu     Adegoke Bamidele     International Vocational Centre     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Hakeem Idris     IPSAS     Saba Mamman Daniel     Timothy Akangbe     Mohammed Lawal     Yemi Sanni     Suleiman Ajadi     Government House     Amoyo     Aliyu Muyideen     Communication Network Support Services     Oniwasi Agbaye     Suleman Abubakar     Adedeji Onimago     Olaoye B. Felix     Ado Bayero     Voices Of Tomorrow     Yoonus Lawal     AbdulHamid Adi     Park     Budo Egba     Muhammed Abdullahi     Eleyele     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Bilikisu Oniyangi     KwaraLearn     Musa Abdullahi     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Facemasks     Talaka Parapo     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Bello Oyedepo     Abdullahi Atanda     Saadu Yusuf     Sulyman Buhari     Abubakar B.M     Saliu Ajia     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Eghe Igbinehin     Wasiu Onidugbe     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Tsaragi     Esinrogunjo     Nigeria Customs Service     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Sanitation Exercise     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Olomu     Zaratu Umar     Kazeem Oladepo     JSSCE     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Metro Park     Tosin Saraki     Raji AbdulRasaq     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Abdulwaheed Musa     Mujtabah Bature     Oyun     Dairo Kunle Paul     Labaeka     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Durosinlohun Atiku     07039448763     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Ibrahim Taiwo     Tinubu Legacy Forum     CCT     Oke-opin     Offa Grammer School