The ladies were arrested on December 9, 2023 with the drugs having a combined weight of 15.8503kg.
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 67-year-old trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine, a criminal enterprise he claimed he ventured into to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh after wasting 30 years of his life in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand.
The Narcotic Commandant (CC) of NDLEA, Lagos command, Isah Adoro, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
Its spokesman, Femi Babafemi, stated in Abuja on Sunday that the drugs were intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday, Nov. 24.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in Abuja.
The NDLEA Commander in the state, Umar Adoro, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeriaon Wednesday.
Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
Leading other top officials of NDLEA, other security agencies and members of the public in the burning of heaps of the illicit drugs, Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) said the exercise is a strong message to drug barons and cartels that they’ll continue to lose their huge investments in the criminal trade if they fail to back out and look for other legitimate businesses.
The resident of 5, Nkanunta Street, Meniru, Awkunanaw, Enugu State was convicted on a two count charge of drug trafficking.
The ex-driver was arrested by the NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on June 27, 2022.
This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja Sunday by NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.
Baba was charged by the National Drug Law enforcement Agency on four count in suit number FHC/L/112c/2022.
A Prosecutor with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Beatrice Igberaise, told the court that the accused committed the offence on January 22 in the Ojumose area of the Ekiti capital.
Augustine was a passenger of Ethiopian Airline that arrived Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that 9.953kilograms of cocaine and Methamphetamine were intercepted from the suspects.
A native of Nike in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu state, Gabriel was arrested on Friday 26th November during an outward clearance of Turkish Airline at the boarding screening area of the airport enroute Abuja-Istanbul-Madrid.
The woman, 46-year-old Adisa Afusat Olayinka, who lives in Ibafo, Ogun State and hails from Ilorin, in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State was arrested on Wednesday at the boarding screening area of the airport during an outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight 1418.
The suspect is said to hail from Obaha Okigwe Village, Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, and works as a miner in Liberia.
Amusat is charged on four counts of unlawful deal in Cocaine, Molly, Metaphetamine and Cannabis.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi.