The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 35-year-old woman, Chidinma Chinenye Agbazue, after she was caught attempting to export 20 parcels of cannabis sativa weighing 10.70 kilograms concealed in African salad, popularly known as Abacha, and dried vegetables to Doha, Qatar, through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos State. This information was disclosed in a statement by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, on Sunday.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Chidinma, who is based in Qatar, had returned to Nigeria last December for Christmas celebrations. Babafemi explained that prior to her return to Doha, she stayed at Club Dice Hotel in the Ikotun area of Lagos, where the consignment was handed over to her for trafficking to the Arab country.
Furthermore, the statement disclosed that two suspects, Monday Okeke and Chigozie Emeka, were arrested by NDLEA operatives on Tuesday, March 26, in Oniwaya, Yaba, and the Agege area of Lagos. They were found in possession of 842,560 pills of opioids, particularly tramadol, as well as 15 liters of codeine syrup and 596 grams of Molly. NDLEA reported that Okeke attempted to bribe officers with N5 million cash, which was rejected, and the money was documented as part of the exhibits for prosecuting the suspects in court.
In another incident, three suspects, Ebuka Eze (31), Ugochukwu Okoro (44), and Kingsley Uzim (27), were apprehended by NDLEA operatives for attempting to smuggle opioids including codeine, molly, tramadol, and diazepam weighing a total of 73.425 kilograms to the creeks in the Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday, March 27, at Swali jetty, Yenagoa. Ebuka and Ugochukwu were arrested, and Uzim was nabbed at Amasoma in a subsequent operation. The drugs were hidden in jumbo sacks and transported to the jetty in a tricycle.
Additionally, two suspects, Eniola Muyideen and Bankole Shuaib, were apprehended with 137 blocks of cannabis weighing 71kg during a raid in Orile Imo, Ogun State, on Friday, March 29th.
