A pregnant woman was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for alleged drug trafficking.
The arrest was made during operations carried out across eight states in the country, according to Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesperson.
According to Babafemi, the pregnant woman, Gloria Onome, was apprehended with 800 grams of skunk at the Murtala Muhammed airport’s export shed in Lagos.
He claimed the skunk was hidden in two small radio sets Gloria intended to send to Dubai.
Babafemi also stated that the NDLEA apprehended one Iwuozor Chinedu at the Lagos airport with 1.30 kgs and 900 grams of cocaine.
“Top on the list of those so far arrested in connection with the seizures is a Nigerian based in Athens, Greece, Iwuozor Edward Chinedu. He was debarked from an Ethiopian Airline flight on Friday 3rd February after officers in the tarmac team of NDLEA intercepted two bags during a secondary check exercise at the foot of the aircraft,” the statement reads.
“When the bags were searched in the presence of Chinedu and other airport stakeholders, two big pellets wrapped with foil papers and some sprinkles of pepper were recovered from each of the two sides of one of the bags. The pellets were used to construct false walls at the sides of the bag.
“The two parcels contained substances that tested positive to cocaine and heroin with a gross weight of 1.30kgs and 900grams respectively.
“During the preliminary interview, Chinedu claimed he came to Nigeria three months ago for surgery, which he was not comfortable doing in Athens. He further claimed he was given the bag to deliver in Greece for a fee of two million naira (N2,000,000).”
On the same day that the pregnant woman was apprehended at Lagos International Airport, NDLEA agents intercepted a shipment bound for Congo Kinshasa.
The cargo included 111 bottles of body cream that were used to conceal 24.50kgs of ephedrine, a chemical precursor and active ingredient in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
After the initial arrest of two freight agents, Babafemi said the cargo was traced to Onyekachukwu Uduekwelu, a trader at the Alaba trade fair complex in Lagos’ Ojo area.
