NDLEA nabs jewellery and auto parts dealers with drugs at Lagos Airport

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Officers have discovered cocaine hidden inside the boxer shorts and luggage of a passenger at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. Two suspected drug traffickers, a jewelry and auto parts dealers have been apprehended in connection with unlawful importation of narcotics. 

The suspects according to the Agency are  Nnaemeka David Chinedu, 37 years old, an auto parts dealer who ingested ninety-four wraps of heroin and Okonkwo Godwin, 57 years old, an importer of jewellery found with cocaine in his boxer shorts.

At the Lagos airport this is one of the largest quantities of drugs ingested by a suspect lately. Ahmadu Garba the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency commander at the Lagos airport, said that the suspects arrived from Brazil and Uganda with cocaine and heroin precisely.

"Two suspected drug traffickers are currently being interrogated for illegally importing narcotics into the country. Okonkwo Godwin was caught with one wrap of cocaine in his boxer shorts and another inside his bag all weighing 750 grammes. He was arrested during the inward screening of passengers on a South African Airline flight from Brazil while Nnaemeka David Chinedu was arrested for ingesting 94 wraps of heroin weighing 1.595kg during the screening of passengers on Rwand Airline from Uganda" Ahmadu stated.

37 years old Nnaemeka David Chinedu said that he swallowed 94 wraps of heroin found in his possession for four hundred and fifty thousand Naira (N450,000)and he proclaimed he did it out of desperation.

"I ingested drugs for N450,000 naira because l was desperate. This is my first time of smuggling drugs. I have been selling auto parts in Lagos for the past 15 years but l must admit that things are very rough with me financially. I was paid to smuggle drugs from Uganda to make ends meet " Nnaemeka explained.

The 57 year old suspect, Okonkwo Godwin who hid a parcel of cocaine in his boxer shorts told the drug law enforcement agency that he smuggled drugs due to his numerous financial problems. 

"I am married with two children but I am in a terrible financial crisis. I used to import jewellery for sale at Onitsha main market and Trade Fair complex in Lagos . Things have changed so drastically that l even find it difficult to feed my family. This was what led me into drug trafficking. l was given two wraps of cocaine; one was hidden in my boxer shorts while the other was in my luggage. The agreement was for me to sell the drug and share the proceeds with my partner in Brazil" Okonkwo proclaimed.

, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd.) the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Chairman/Chief Executive said that the Agency will continue to serve as an obstruct against the plans of drug traffickers who wish to make money from drug trafficking. 

"National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is working very hard to intercept drugs at all entry points and also arrest every trafficker. Those who intend to enrich themselves with proceeds of drugs will end up in detention. The arrests so far made validates our resolve to address the problem of drug trafficking in the country".

The suspects will be charged to court in no due time.