NDLEA Intercept Drug Trafficker, Recover Drugs Worth N3.1bn

• Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have intercepted a man with tons of drugs.

• Daily Report Nigeria gathers that the man was caught at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA

Operatives of the NDLEA have successfully apprehended a drug trafficker in Lagos state.

According to reports, the suspect, identified as Nnaemeka Simonpeter who had just from Thailand was arrested for importing 13.30 kilograms of heroin worth over N3.192billion.

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Confirming the arrest, these spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, noted that the suspect was arrested wirh the drugs concealed in six backpacks and then packed into two big suitcases at the airport.

“The 29-year-old graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra state, had left Thailand on Oct. 3 on Qatar Airways flight and stopped over in Doha where he spent two days before heading to Lagos while his luggage was routed to Accra, Ghana, his original destination.

“After arriving Lagos on Oct. 5, he contacted the airline to reroute his luggage to Nigeria so that he can pick them up as rush bags in a bit to beat security checks.

“However, NDLEA officers intercepted him at the point of exit. A search of his two suitcases revealed three empty backpacks in each box with a large parcel of heroin neatly sewn to all the six backpacks. The six parcels were subsequently recovered with a gross weight of 13.30kg.

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“In his statement, Oguejiofor claimed he was hired for a fee of $7,000 upon successful delivery of the parcels. He said he was to deliver two parcels in Lagos and the other four parcels in Accra, Ghana”, Babafemi,” stated.

In related news, the agency also intercepted tramadol pills worth over N12,577,000,000 and N1,451,994 bottles of codeine-based syrup with a street value of N10,163,958,000) at the Lekki Lekki Deep Seaport, Apapa seaport in Lagos and Port Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers state.

The combined monetary value of the seized opioids comes, according to Babafemi, to N22,740,958,000).

He added that the interceptions were possible through help and intelligence from security operatives and the Nigerian custom.