A cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos, Ohiagu Sunday, leading a drug syndicate at the international wing of the airport has been arrested.
The suspect was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), according to the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
He said the suspect was nabbed on Tuesday following the arrest of an intending passenger on Airpeace flight to Dubai, UAE.
He said the passenger named, Obinna Osita, was arrested with three bags, two of which contained eight blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 4.25kg concealed in cassava product, garri and crayfish.
Mr Babafemi also said that one other member of the airport syndicate who worked with Ohiagu had also been arrested, while operatives were trailing another suspect.
The statement read, “Investigations revealed that a Dubai-based drug dealer recruited Obinna, a 42-year-old native of Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra, to traffic the drugs.
”And equally contracted Ohiagu, a 34-year-old airport cleaner from Orlu West Local Government Area of Imo to create access for the unhindered passage of the trafficker.
“The drug syndicate bust, which is the first drug arrest at the new terminal of the MMIA comes on the heels of the seizure of a consignment of bottles of viju and fearless energy drinks.
“They were used to conceal skunk for export to Dubai, UAE through the NAHCO export shed on Monday Aug., 15.”
