NDLEA nabs 56-year-old widow with cocaine enroute to Saudi arabia

The operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, has nabbed a 56-year-old widow and mother of four, Mrs. Ajisegiri Sidika, who concealed 400grams of cocaine in her footwear at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on her way to Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

The suspect, who claimed to be a businesswoman trading in adults and children’s wears on Lagos Island, was intercepted on Sunday November  13, 2022, while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight going to Saudi Arabia, via Doha.

NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said: “Upon a critical examination of the pair of sandals she was wearing, two parcels of cocaine weighing 400grams were recovered from them.”

Also at the Lagos airport, the agency arrested a passenger travelling to Oman identified as Agbamuche Bright Nkeonye alongside Adeoye Oluwakemi Fatimo, a lady.

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According to NDLEA, the lady accompanied the passenger in a bid to present a bag containing varieties of foodstuffs and body lotion which were used to conceal 1.10kg cannabis and some rohypnol capsules.

Highlighting other arrests made, the NDLEA said: “In Niger state, NDLEA operatives on stop and search operation along Mokwa-Jebba road on Saturday 12th Nov. arrested two suspects; Ismail Musa and Jidda Abbas with 10,780 bottles of Akuskura, a new psychoactive substance concealed inside two Toyota Camry saloon cars marked AGL 861 GS Lagos and KMK 118 SC Bayelsa.

“The consignment loaded in Ibadan, Oyo state, was going to Abuja for distribution.

“While operatives intercepted 25,000 capsules of tramadol in Plateau and arrested the owner, Ifeanyi Nweanwe, a beer parlour operator in a follow up operation in Bauchi. Pharmaceutical opioids worth more than N30million were intercepted in a commercial bus in Asaba, Delta state on Thursday 18th Nov.

“In Ondo state, operatives stormed the Ijare forest, in Ifedore LGA on Friday 19th Nov where a total of 600.5kgs of cannabis weed and seeds were recovered, while 142.8kgs of the same substance were seized when NDLEA officers raided the zone 3 motor park in Wuse area of Abuja.

At the Brawal container shed of Kirikiri lighter terminal in Lagos, NDLEA operatives equally intercepted cartons of deadly drinks in a container marked APZU3671697 during a joint examination with Customs personnel. Though the bill of lading indicated that the container originated from Cape Town, South Africa, a search of the the shippers’ database showed it was loaded from Antwerp, Belgium.

Babafemi said a full inspection of the container on Thursday, November 18, showed a total of five cartons of beverages labeled as Euphoria cannabis beer and three cartons of cannabis energy drink were found.

Other drinks in the container included 21 cartons of a drink labeled as monkey shoulder; 20 cartons of dead man’s finger; and 139 of champagne fruit, among others.

“In the same vein, operatives on routine stop and search patrol along Owerri-Onitsha road arrested a suspect Nwankwo Emmanuel, with 25 blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 12.5kgs in a commercial bus going to Port Harcourt from Lagos.”