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How NDLEA Bursts 67-year-old Man Who Swallowed 2.195kg Cocaine To Raise Money To Marry Second Wife

...nabs Saudi bound lady with 52 pellets of cocaine in Kano

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October 8, 2023
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How NDLEA Bursts 67-year-old Man Who Swallowed 2.195kg Cocaine To Raise Money To Marry Second Wife
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a 67-year-old drug trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, for swallowing 100 wraps of cocaine.

The NDLEA in a statement on Sunday said the suspect was arrested on October 3 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport ( NAIA), Abuja

Spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi , who signed the statement said Chukwuemeka Clement claimed that he ventured into drug trafficking to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh after wasting 30 years of his life in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand.

According to him, Chukwuemeka was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight 951 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and taken for body scan, which revealed multiple pellets in his stomach.

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“While under observation, he excreted a total of 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.195 kilograms in four excretions.

“In his statement, he claimed to have spent 30 years in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand, while he was once married, but lost his wife and without a child.

“He added that was why he decided to go into drug trafficking to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh.

“On the same day, Tuesday 3rd October, NDLEA operatives at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, intercepted a 45-year-old woman, Bilkisu Mohammed Bello while preparing to board a Saudia Airlines flight to Saudi Arabia.

” While being interviewed, she confessed that pellets of cocaine given to her to swallow before her flight were kept in a house in Farawa area of Kano.

” When she led NDLEA officers to the house, 52 wraps of the illicit substance with a total weight of 767grams were recovered.

“Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives supported by officers and men of the Nigerian Army, Civil Defence Corps and Amotekun personnel on Tuesday 3rd October stormed James town, in Ogunmakin, Obafemi Owode local government area of Ogun state where they located and destroyed 10.38 tonnes of cannabis sativa covering over 4.152 hectares.

” While on their way back from the operation, the team also intercepted a truck marked FS548XN carrying a 40ft container loaded with logs of wood.

“A search of the container led to the recovery of two bags of cannabis sativa weighing 20kgs while six suspects: Ahmed Yusuf, Olaniyi Babatunde, Adedeji Babatunde, Richard John, Osuolale Olamilekan and Abdulazeez Saied, in the truck were arrested.

” In the same vein, operatives on Sunday 1st October raided Obi camp in Owan West LGA, Edo State where 30 sacks of skunk weighing 300kgs and concealed in charcoal were evacuated from an old dilapidated mud house.

“Similarly, two cannabis farms measuring 1.179065 hectares at Igbanke forest in Orhiowon local government area of the state were identified and destroyed on Friday 6th October while four suspects: Tersoo Zaria, 28; Ifeanyi Osai, 53; Moses David, 19, and Daniel Gabriel, 20, were arrested.

” In Gombe State, a suspect, Auwal Bindow was arrested on Friday 6th October along Bauchi – Gombe road with 50,000 capsules of tramadol, while in Oyo State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway nabbed Anuoluwapo Blessing Iyanu, 32, with 52 blocks of compressed pawpaw shaped cannabis sativa weighing 30kgs on Wednesday 4th October,” the statement said.

Babafemi added that the various commands of the NDLEA also intensified the War Against Drug Abuse ( WADA ) advocacy campaign across the country during the week under review.

“Some of them include: WADA sensitisation lecture for students and teachers of Igbonnibi High School, Ila Orangun, Osun State; WADA sensitisation lecture at Royal Ambassador Secondary School, Makurdi, Benue state; WADA sensitization lecture at Ilora Baptist Grammar School, Ilora, Oyo State and LGA WADA sensitisation lecture for students of Beth-Root Model Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra state,” he said.

In his reaction, Chairman / CEO of the NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa commended officers and men of the NAIA, MAKIA, Ogun, Oyo, Edo, and Gombe for their outstanding feats.

Marwa, equally applauded their counterparts in various commands across the country for intensifying the WADA advocacy lectures.

He said they have through their efforts creating a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction activities. (vitalnewsngr.com)

 

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