The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Tuesday it has arrested three male suspects with 137.8 kilograms of cocaine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
NDLEA Airport Commander, Garba Ahmadu who disclosed this at a news briefing said that the suspected drug traffickers, Okeke Uchenna, Azubuike Jeremiah Emeka and Abdul Musa were arrested with 13kg, 117kg and 7.8kg of cocaine respectively.
The Commander said that the suspects were arrested between January 6, 2021, and January 8, 2021, with the illicit drugs hidden inside hair relaxers, embroidery tailoring materials, and shirts packaged with carbon and other oily substances to avoid being detected by the scanning machines.
He said that Okeke Uchenna and Azubuike Jeremiah Emeka were nabbed by officials of the agency during the inward clearance of Ethiopian airlines from Brazil while Abdul Musa a freight forwarder was nabbed while trying to export Cocaine to India through the cargo warehouse of the skyway Aviation Handling Company, SAHCO in Lagos.
Ahmadu stated that Okeke Uchenna was a second-time offender and also a fugitive wanted by the Federal High Court Lagos for jumping bail for a drug-related offence in 2014, adding a bench warrant had been issued for his arrest.
