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.

Kwara North     Sambo Murtala     Olawuyi     Elerin Of Adanla     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Moji Makanjuola     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Isau     AbdulRahman Saad     Omotoso Musa     Oke-Ode     Maimunat Oniyangi     Musa Abdullahi     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Mazars Consulting     Kayode Zubair     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Undergraduate Bursary     Oba-Solagberu     Kayode Ishola     Oke-Ero     Bamidele Aluko     Fatai Olodo     Gaa Olobi     Mumeen Lah     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Kamoru Kadiri     Folashade Omoniyi     Share-Tsaragi     Khairat Gwadabe     Press Release     Adewuyi Funmilayo     CCB     Young Progressives Party     Saliu Shola Taofeek     IHS     Mohammed Ibrahim     Bola Shagaya     Ojo Isekuse     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Ilorin East     Solomon Edojah     Kolo     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Communication Network Support Services     JMK Construction Company Limited     Abdulhakeem Amao     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Rotimi Oyedepo     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Seun Bolaji     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Damilola Yusuf     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Nigerian Correctional Service     Moses Afolayan     Kunle Okeowo     Allocation     Ojuekun Sarumi     Florence Saraki     Baakini     Sarah Jubril     Ado Bayero     Ramadhan     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Ayobami Seriki     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Ibrahim Mohammed     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Elekoyangan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     IPSAS     Owode Market     Inside Kwara     Saliu Mustapha     UTME     Iponrin     Sa\'adu Salahu     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     UNILORIN Alumni     Dauda Adesola     Danladi     Kishira     Owo Arugbo     AGILE Programme     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Babatunde Idiagbon     Manzuma     Sarkin Malamai     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Babajide Ajayi     Aliyu U. Tilde     International Aviation College     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Baboko Primary School     Joseph Daudu     Kayode Ishola     Tayo Alao     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Saheed Akinwumi     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Old Oyo     Zara Umar     Bisi Oyeleke     Ohoro Of Shao     Ilorin South     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Kwarareports.com     HICA     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Olabimpe Olani     NaAllah     Okin High School     Abdulazeez Arowona     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Aliyu Muyideen     Pius Abioje     Farouk Salim     Revenue Court     Aisha Gobir     Baruba     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Ilorin.Info     Onilu     Gbemi Saraki     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Apaokagi     Ali Ahmad     Saka Abimbola Isau     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Aso-ofi     Umar Gunu     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Albert Ogunsola     Lithium     Muhammed Aliyu     Mashood Dauda     Abdullahi Samari     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Musibau Akanji