The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) has arrested three men at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos for ingesting 161 wraps of narcotics weighing 3.085kg.
Two of the suspects were importing the drugs into the country while the third person was caught attempting to export the drugs to London. One of the suspects alleged that drug barons were after his life for excreting the drugs he ingested at the airport toilet in Doha.
NDLEA Airport commander, Mr Hamza Umar who confirmed the arrests gave the names of the suspects as Elioku Simeon Chibuzor, 28, Ogbu Obioma Leonard, 37 and Uzobude Vitus Uju, 43yrs.According to Hamza, “Elioku ingested six wraps of cocaine from Brazil weighing 0.095kg, Ogbu ingested
1.175kg of heroin from Pakistan and Uzobude with dual citizenship of Nigerian and Germany ingested 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.815kg on his way to London”.Chibuzor, 28 who is an auto parts dealer, said that he
ingested 80 wraps of drugs claiming that he excreted the drugs in Doha.
He was arrested during the inward screening of passengers on Qatar airline flight. While on observation, he excreted 6 wraps of powdery substances weighing 95 grammes that tested positive for cocaine He said: “They promised to pay me 2,000 dollars to smuggle the drugs from Brazil to
Doha. When I got to Doha, the person who ought to collect the drug from me failed to show up. It was for fear of being caught that made me to dispose the drugs at the airport toilet. I never knew that six wraps were left in my stomach. Now, I have been arrested and the owners of the drugs are after my
life”.Ogbu Leonard, who ingested 55 wraps of heroin in Pakistan weighing 1.175kg, lamented “I went to Islamabad in March 2012 to work and earn a good
living. Unfortunately, my situation got worse. It was so bad that I was looking for money to come home.That was how I made up my mind to smuggle drugs. They promised to pay me N600,000.00k”
Source: www.dailyindependentnig.com/2013/06/ndlea-arrests-three-men-at-lagos-airport/