Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement arrested a Saudi-bound widower, and divorcee arrested with 14.4kg cocaine at Lagos airport.
The Agency made this known in a statement
signed by the Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi on their Facebook page on Sunday.
The statement partly read, “A widower,
Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde, and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo who were going
for lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia have been arrested by operatives of the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for attempting to export 14.4 kilograms
of cocaine concealed in lace and ankara fabrics.
“Ariyibi was intercepted on Thursday 20th
April at the screening point of MMIA Terminal 2 during outward clearance of
Qatar Airways passengers travelling from Lagos via Doha to Medina, Saudi
Arabia. When his carry-on bag was checked, four sets of white lace material
with linings of substance that tested positive to Cocaine weighing 11.50kg were
discovered.
“The suspect who claimed to be a widower and
an advertising practitioner said his original plan was to ingest the drugs but
had to change his mind after failed attempts to swallow bitter cola, which he
was using to practice the process. He is expected to be paid One Million, Eight
Hundred Thousand Naira (N1,800,000) upon successful delivery of the consignment
in Medina, Saudi Arabia.”
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