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.

Umar Sanda Yusuf     Ndakene     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     SDP     Tosin Saraki     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Ado Bayero     Niyi Ogundiran     Oko     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Kassim Babamale     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Saadu Alanamu     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Yoruba     Playing Host     Shuaibu Yaman     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Sabitiyu Grillo     Alfa Yahaya Road     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Monsurat Omotosho     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Ajasse-Ipo     Sodiya     Memunat Monsuma     Christopher Ayeni     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Bukola Saraki     Isiaka Oniwa     Osinbajo     Vasolar Consultoria     Nagode     Abdulrosheed Okiki     NIRSAL     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Moshood Mustapha     Kisra     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Garba Ayodele Wahab     KWSUED     Wahab Isa     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Abraysports FC     Kwara United     Kazeem Gbolagade     Oba Of Jebba     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Adeola Abraham     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Saheed Alakoso     Kwara     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Bayo Ajia     Abdullahi Atanda     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Sulyman Buhari     Magaji Are     Aliyu Umar     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Jumoke Gafar     Salary     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Jamiu Oyawoye     Dele Belgore     Tsaragi-Share     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Ganiyu Taofiq     Tunji Folami     IDPU    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Edret Sabi Abel     Tunji Arosanyin     Owu Fall     Ballah     Amos Sayo     Aliyu Alhassan     Kale Ayo     Na\'Allah     Babata     Kale Belgore     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Olusegun Adeniyi     NITDA     Olatunde Jare     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Lanre Issa Onilu     Okedare     Idiagbon     Bisi Oyeleke     Kabir Shagaya     Kwara Restoration Project     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Yoruba     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Ahmad Belgore     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Funmilayo Oniwa     Isiaka Danmeromu     08001000100     Tosho Yaqub     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Ibrahim Oniye     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Tayo Alao     SDP     Halimat Yusuf     CELF     Muritala Olarewaju     Rafiu Ajakaye     Oko     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     ASMAU PLAZA     Chief Of Staff     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Timothy Akangbe     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     NYSC     Asa LGEA School     Muazam Nayaya     Ebola     Student Learning Support Helpline     Razak Atunwa     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Damilola Yusuf     Saliu Mustapha     TVC Female National Debate     Okin Group     Tunji Folami     Sobi Hill     BIR     Oja-Oba     LAK Jimoh     Yunus Lawal     Diagnostic Centre     Isin     Adedipe     Musibau Akanji     Okiki     Segun Ogunsola     Twitter     Tsaragi-Share