Nwadinobi Charles Uchemadu, traveling from Sao Paulo in Brazil, was arrested with parcels of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
According to operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, he concealed the cocaine in different parts of a travel bag brought into Nigeria.
Uchemadu was arrested on Monday 5th December at the Lagos airport during the inward clearance of passengers on the Qatar Airways flight following the discovery of three parcels of cocaine weighing 2.70 kilograms factory sealed in parts of his travel bag.
Meanwhile, at the SAHCO export shed of the airport the same day, NDLEA operatives equally intercepted cans of powdered milk, baby food, and beverages used to conceal 3.4 kilograms of cannabis going to Dubai, UAE.
A freight agent, Ewelike Chibuike Cyril who presented the consignment for export was subsequently arrested.
In the same vein, parcels of cannabis weighing 6.30kgs concealed in sound systems (speakers) going to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea through the SAHCO export shed of the airport were also seized on Thursday 8th December by the operatives who initially arrested a freight agent, Joseph Obiji involved and later the following day, Friday 9th Dec nabbed another agent, Mbanu Ifeanyi Andrew in a follow-up operation at ASPAMDA market, Trade Fair Complex, Ojo area of Lagos.
In Kebbi state, two suspects: Austine Julius and Sale Yakubu were arrested on Sunday 4th December along Yawuri-Kebbi road in a loaded Dyna Truck with 117 bags of Cannabis Sativa weighing 1,070 kilograms concealed under bags of oranges. The following day, Monday 5th December, another set of two suspects: Abdullahi Bala and Ibrahim Wade were intercepted along Koko- Kebbi road in a Dyna Truck loaded with 114 bags of the same substance weighing 1,140 kilograms concealed under crates of soft drinks.
Reacting to the achievements of NDLEA operatives, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended them for a job well done.
He urged the officers and their compatriots across other formations to intensify their efforts.
