Nigerian Detained At Beijing Airport With 87kg Of Marijuana

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‘Govt Officials Behind Drug Trafficking’—NDLEA Official
March 23, 2009 14:37 (3 hours ago), 231 views
 
By Simon Ateba


 

The reason why drug trafficking persists in Nigeria and officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) do not receive adequate support from the authorities is because some highly-placed government officials are deeply involved in the illegal business, an NDLEA officer has disclosed.


The officer, who did not want to be mentioned, told PM.NEWS in Lagos, yesterday, that many government officials are drug barons and are unwilling to equip the anti-drug agency appropriately for fear of losing a lot of money. The operative, who works at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, also revealed that some drug barons have been calling on them to assist drug traffickers at the airport. Recently, the officer disclosed, a drug baron called and offered a huge sum of money to the officer to allow a drug trafficker escape. But the money was rejected.

The anti-drug agent further disclosed that unlike in the United States where Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) operatives do not remain at a specific post for more than six months in the same city and do not stay with their families, in Nigeria, NDLEA officials have spent many years in the same posting. Recently, the officer came face to face with a convict who was released in Lagos shortly after he was caught with almost two kilogrammes of cocaine. The suspect, on sighting the officer at a traffic jam in Lagos, called the officer and extended his greetings, smiled and drove off.

P.M.NEWS can confirm that, at the presidential lounge of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, governors, the president, the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, foreign leaders and their aides are not searched on arrival or departure. Most of their aides always carry several bags which are not searched because of the immunity they enjoy. The operative, however, refused to mention names of government officials involved in the business but expressed no surprise that light sentences are being given to drug convicts at Nigerian courts.

Last year, a drug convict, who was arrested with cocaine worth several millions of naira, was fined N350,000, which he paid in court and walked away a free man. The officer also revealed that all NDLEA officials in the country dream to serve at the Lagos international airport because that is where the money is. The operative said they receive tips from some generous passengers who are not involved in the drug business.

The NDLEA operative further revealed that although the U.S. anti-drug officers regularly come into the country for some exchange programmes with NDLEA , Nigerian agents do not go on training in the U.S. This, the officer said, is caused by the unwillingness of the government to pay the bill. The officer said this is deliberately done by government officials who do not want them to acquire more knowledge in the business. Citing some examples, the operative disclosed that in most parts of the country, especially in the North, the NDLEA offices are in a state of dilapidation. Sometimes, the officer disclosed, NDLEA agents cannot afford a house and end up sleeping in the agency’s offices with males and females spending the night together as if they are couples.

The officer also disclosed that in Lagos state, for example, with at least six NDLEA Commands, there is only one pick up van at their disposal. Help from the state government is difficult to come by, the officer revealed. P.M.NEWS can reveal that the four scanners at the country’s four international airports were bought last year by the United States Embassy in Nigeria. The purchase and training of NDLEA agents cost the U.S. over 1.5 million dollars

http://thepmnews.com/2009/03/23/govt-officials-behind-drug-trafficking-%e2%80%94ndlea-man

VERY IMPORTANT .

THIS IS A STORY OF AN ATM FRAUDSTER . WE NEED TO CATCH THIS GUY

http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-246784.0.html

@ Carlosein,
  guy, u worry o. bobbs! i sure say CIA go dey find u now now.

 :-x

87 kg is nothing to compare what they found in germany today.A ship coming from Ghana to Hamburg seaport.The ship loaded pineapples

The pineapples(it was marijuana) was weighing 5 tonnes. .worthing 28 million euro.

This is what they call a big fish.chineke.

Why are we surprised sef?
What about the lady (europe bound) that concealed mari-- in snails shells and was caught in MMA 2 /3days ago?
I think ppl are simply becoming criminally ingenous.

Can't remember.Heard it in the german news some days ago.

igbo people.

Have to admit that 87kg is seriously unreasonable sha!! That is almost 4 suitcases filled to the brim!! Even if you were asked to just open one, they would surely see the drugs. I think the guy had just about 1kg and decided to just use him to have an excuse to refuse Nigerians visas. basically to give a dog a bad name and hang it.

I THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR THOSE OF US RESIDIN ABROAD,COS OF THINGS LIKE THIS WE'VE BIN SUBJECTED TO TOO MANY ASAULTS,ANYWAY IT REMINDS ME OF WATCHING AN EVENT ON AIT ON REBRANDING NIGERIA,
HOW WAS HE ABLE TO TAKE SUCH LARGE QUANTITY OUT OF NIGERIA WITHOUT BIN ACCUSED IT SHOWS US ALL THAT OUR PEOBLEM IS FUNDAMENTAL , WE CAN ONLY REBRAND THE NAME NIGERIA RIGHT FROM NIGERIA,

na now i know say some people get power how the guy(or is it "mugu") think say him fit to pass thru china, of all countries, with that much size of coke. him only hope na make him contact another beta babalawo wey go prepare odeshi for am
bros eh! hailins!!

To god, this story dey somehow,

 :-x