Photos: 24-year-old Woman Nabbed With 193 Wraps Of Cocaine Hidden Inside Chocolate At Lagos Airport
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Date: May 2, 2016 8:18 PM
Subject: Photos: 24-year-old Woman Nabbed With 193 Wraps Of Cocaine Hidden Inside Chocolate At Lagos Airport
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said on Monday that it had intercepted 193 wraps of cocaine concealed inside packs of sweets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos.
The whitish substance concealed in sweets tested positive to cocaine and weighed 3.230kgs, said a statement by spokesman Mitchell Ofoyeju.
Anti-narcotics officials discovered the drugs in the luggage of a twenty-four year-old female passenger from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A suspected member of the drug cartel was also arrested.
NDLEA commander at the Lagos Airport, Mr. Ahmadu Garba said that the suspect who hails from Edo State was found in possession of the drug while a suspected member of the drug cartel in Lagos was successfully traced and apprehended.
"One Igbainoba Uche Rose who concealed 3.230kgs inside sweets was apprehended at the arrival hall during inward screening of passengers. A suspected member of the cartel, Ofor Kamsochukwu Chimezie was arrested on a follow-up operation. The suspects are being investigated" Ahmadu stated.
During interrogation, Rose said that she works as a clerical officer after her secondary school. "I work as a clerical staff after I completed my primary school because there was no money to further my studies. I have suffered hardship in life but a man offered to assist me establish my personal business. He promised to pay me half a million naira. This was how I got involved in this problem" Rose stated.
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