Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Saturday 9th December 2023 intercepted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu, twelve (12) consignments of cocaine belonging to members of a Drug Trafficking Organisation.
A man, Augustine Justine Emeka,
44, who claims he deals in copper wire was arrested at the airport upon his
arrival from Douala, Cameroon via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Ethiopia airline
with the 12 consignments consisting of seven hundred and ninety-seven (797)
pellets of cocaine weighing 17.6 kilograms. During preliminary interview, the
suspect admitted the cocaine consignments were for delivery to 12 different
persons in the country.
In a related development, NDLEA
operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos on
Friday 8th December arrested a fleeing suspect, Onyejiuwa Prince Ifeanyi, who
has gone into hiding since 8th September following the seizure of a United
Kingdom bound 20kg cannabis consignment concealed in tomato pastes tins at the SAHCO
shed linked to him.
In the same vein, operatives of
the Seaports Operations of the Agency on Monday 4th December arrested a
45-year-old Beninoise, Jamila Fatiu at Ebute Ero Jetty in Lagos Island with 398
bottles of codeine cough syrup on her way to Seme border via a boat service.
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