A 50-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Mr. Nana Njamen Theophile has been arrested in possession of cocaine which street’s value is put at N150 million.
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The Prosecutor, Kalu Orji, told the court that the accused was found with 17.8 kilogrammes of cocaine at a motor park in Iddo, Lagos on March 26
“The seizures were made in a consignment of female shoes from Brazil on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight and a shipment of voltage regulators meant for export to Gabon on a DHL cargo flight
This was contained in a statement by the Head of Public Affairs of the NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos
The foreigner was arraigned alongside a Nigerian, Christopher Olua, 38, on a two-count charge
The commander stated that cases of 25 of the suspects were pending while 176 others were counselled, rehabilitated and later integrated with their respective families across the state
The drug was detected by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency during the inward screening of Etihad flight passengers
The agency said in a statement that the 400 level Fine and Applied Arts student was arrested at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, Enugu State
Ofoyeju said: “We have apprehended 41 suspected drug traffickers with 253.390kg of narcotics with an estimated street value of N2.3 billion
Mitchell said in the statement: “Two of the suspects were importing the drugs into the country, while one was caught attempting to export the drugs to London
The suspect, Ali Aminu, with Ghana international passport number H2252580, allegedly imported 1.3kg of cocaine from Dubai enroute Benin Republic
Investigations revealed that Chiwuzie is a student of Management Accounting at Waltham College, London where he had lived since 2009. He reportedly told narcotic investigators that he was recruited to smuggle drugs in his school in London