JNIA police arrested a Nigerian identified as Ejiofor Ohagwu in unlawful possession of 4.3 kilogrammes of illicit substance.Above is a picture of Airport Police Commander Martin Otieno and Inspector Duncun Gitagno (left) displaying drugs seized yesterday at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) in Dar es Salaam. Looking on are Inspector
Robert Majenga (second right) andJNIA head of Investigations Amedeus Tesha.

Ejiofor Ohagwu was arrested yesterday by JNIA police.JNIA police commander Martin Otieno said yesterday Ohagwu was arrested at 1.50am as he was about to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight
to the Nigerian city of Lagos through Addis Ababa.

"The man was arrested in possession of the drugs that he had hid in two bags," Mr Otieno told a
news conference at Tanzania's largest airport.

He said the value and type of the drugs were yet to be established,adding that samples have been sent
to the chief government chemist for tests.

"The suspect covered the drugs in a way that it was not easy to detect but thanks to the advanced
screening technology put in place,"said Mr Otieno.

Mr Otieno said the man had self-designed extra-compartments at the bottom of the suitcases using fibre material where he kept the drugs.On top of the hidden compartments he put shoes.

"We should give information of suspected people involved in the illicity business. Our target is to
catch the big dealers," he said.

It should be recalled that in June last year, officers of the anti-drugs unit (ADU) at the JNIA arrested a 52-year-old Nigerian with 100 cocaine-filled capsules worth then about Sh90 million ($53,460).Antony Ifeanyichukwu Okafor had just arrived from Cameroon aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight when
officers of a special-task force on drugs became suspicious and put him under supervision.Upon his arrest, he told the police that he had come to Tanzania to meet friends and relatives.However, as he was under police monitoring, off-loaded the drugs,
whereby he later confessed to have entered the country in search of a market for the drugs.


Sources;http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/Nigerian-held-in-Dar-over-drugs/-/1840340/3019892/-/v744ae/-/index.html

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