The National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, disclosed that it has arrested a suspected drug
trafficker, Obivuko Ifeanyi, with 210 grammes of substances that tested
positive for cocaine.
Obivuko, who was
apprehended at the
Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, had allegedly inserted the drugs
into his anus.
He was said to have been detected
with the aid of the body scanner during the inward clearance of passengers from
a Turkish airline from Brazil.
The Agency's Airport Commander, Hamza
Umar, described the incident as unusual, calling insertion by men "a rare
and dangerous mode of drug concealment."
Hamza also said that Obivuko had
taken a big risk by showing up at the airport with the drugs.
According to him, drug traffickers
had been avoiding the airport because of a new additional body scanner donated
by the United States government "which has greatly improved NDLEA’s
efficiency".
The suspect, who hails from Anambra
State, said he ventured into the drug business in order to give his in-law, who
died in Brazil, a befitting burial in Nigeria.
He however expressed regret,
describing it as "the greatest mistake" of his life.
"I have learnt my lessons in a
very hard way. I bear no grudges against the NDLEA because they are carrying
out their constitutional duties," he said."But I plead with them to
temper justice with mercy, I got into this mess for the sum of N400,000
only."
Before his arrest, Obivuko dealt in
the saleofladies' weave-on, and had lived in Brazil for eight years.
Also arrested by the agency's
operatives was Okoro Christopher, 39, who was caught with 1.425kg of substances
that tested positive for methamphetamine, cleverly packed in shoes.
He was arrested during the outward
clearance of passengers from Iberia Airline to Germany.
The suspect, who hails from Imo
State, was formerly a motor-parts dealer before leaving Nigeria twelve years
ago for Germany.
The agency said that both suspects
would soon be charged to court.
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