Chukwuemeka Clement arrested at the Abuja airport with 100 wraps of cocaine
67yr-old man ingests 100 wraps of cocaine, woman arrested with 52 pellets
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives in separate operations in Abuja and Kano states arrested a 67-year-old man at the Lagos airport who had ingested 100 wraps of cocaine, just as the agency also nabbed a 45-year-old woman at the Kano airport with 45 pellets of the same substance.
Chukwuemeka Clement arrested at the Abuja airport with 100 wraps of cocaine
The NDLEA in its weekly report, made available, Sunday, identified the 67-yrar-old suspected trafficker as Chukwuemeka Clement, said he was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine.
The agency also revealed the identity of the woman as a 45-year-old suspected trafficker, Bilkisu Mohammed Bello who was arrested at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano while preparing to board a Saudia flight to Saudi Arabia.
“Chukwuemeka was arrested on Tuesday 3rd October during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight 951 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and taken for body scan, which revealed multiple pellets in his stomach. While under observation, he excreted a total of 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.195 kilograms in four excretions.
“In his statement, he claimed to have spent 30 years in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand, while he was once married, but lost his wife and without a child. He added that was why he decided to go into drug trafficking to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh.
“On the same day, Tuesday 3rd October, NDLEA operatives at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, intercepted a 45-year-old woman, Bilkisu Mohammed Bello while preparing to board a Saudia Airlines flight to Saudi Arabia.
“While being interviewed, she confessed that pellets of cocaine given to her to swallow before her flight were kept in a house in Farawa area of Kano. When she led NDLEA officers to the house, 52 wraps of the illicit substance with a total weight of 767grams were recovered,” the NDLEA disclosed.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives supported by officers and men of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Amotekun personnel on Tuesday 3rd October stormed James town, in Ogunmakin, Obafemi Owode local government area of Ogun state where they located and destroyed 10.38 tonnes of cannabis sativa covering over 4.152 hectares.
“While on their way back from the operation, the team also intercepted a truck marked FS548XN carrying a 40ft container loaded with logs of wood. A search of the container led to the recovery of two bags of cannabis sativa weighing 20kgs while six suspects: Ahmed Yusuf, Olaniyi Babatunde, Adedeji Babatunde, Richard John, Osolale Olamilekan and Abdulazeez Saied, in the truck were arrested,” the agency reported.
In other operations carried out by the NDLEA across the country, the agency reported that its operatives ‘on Sunday 1st October raided Obi camp in Owan West LGA, Edo state where 30 sacks of skunk weighing 300kgs and concealed in charcoal were evacuated from an old dilapidated mud house.’
“Similarly, two cannabis farms measuring 1.179065 hectares at Igbanke forest in Orhiowon local government area of the state were identified and destroyed on Friday 6th October while four suspects: Tersoo Zaria, 28; Ifeanyi Osai, 53; Moses David, 19, and Daniel Gabriel, 20, were arrested.
“In Gombe state, a suspect, Auwal Bindow was arrested on Friday 6th October along Bauchi – Gombe road with 50,000 capsules of tramadol, while in Oyo state, NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway nabbed Anuoluwapo Blessing Iyanu, 32, with 52 blocks of compressed pawpaw shaped cannabis sativa weighing 30kgs on Wednesday 4th October,” the agency disclosed.
