The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 46-year-old
bricklayer from Anambra State, who attempted to smuggle 2.07kg of
cocaine into the country.
A statement by the spokesman of the NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the
suspect was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,
Ikeja, Lagos State with 83 wraps of substance that had tested positive to cocaine.
“He was detected with the help of scanning machines during the
screening of passengers on an Asky Airline flight from Brazil,”
Ofoyeju said in the statement.
Ofoyeju said the suspect was recruited by a drug cartel in Brazil and
when arrested excreted one of the highest quantities of cocaine
ingested at a time so far this year.
The statement added: “Preliminary investigations revealed that drug
barons now have agents who move from village to village in search of
drug mules.
“They have several antics, which include promise of better job
opportunities abroad.
“The case is under investigation.”
Ofoyeju quoted the suspect, a bricklayer at Alor Village in Anambra
State, as saying he was lured to sell family land in order to travel
abroad in search of job opportunities.
The statement added: “I got to Brazil on July 10 and all attempts to
get a job was unsuccessful.
“That was when they sold the idea of drug trafficking to me.
“Initially I objected but when there was no other option, I succumbed.
“They made me to swallow 83 wraps of cocaine which was detected by
NDLEA officers.”
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