NDLEA Headquarters and made available to OpenLife, the
discovery was made following his arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA,
Ikeja Lagos.
The 59-year-old Ezeokoli was arrested on Friday 29th
November 2024 at the E-Arrival hall of the Lagos airport upon his return from
Sao Paulo, Brazil on Ethiopia Airlines flight via Addis Ababa.
When he was taken for body scan, the result confirmed
that the suspect had foreign objects concealed in his stomach. As a result, he
was placed under excretion observation during which he expelled 29 wraps of
substances that tested positive to cocaine weighing 700grams.
In his statement, the suspect claimed he operates an
African store in Brazil where he sells provisions, shoes and clothes. He added
that he bought the illicit consignment in Sao Paulo to resell in Nigeria with a
view to raising substantial capital to boost his business.
Meanwhile, NDLEA officers of the Directorate of
Investigation and General Investigation, DOGI, on Tuesday 26th November
intercepted two consignments containing cocaine and pentazocine injection going
to the United Kingdom via a courier company in Lagos.
While the cocaine weighing 200grams was concealed in
local fabrics, 40 ampoules of pentazocine injection weighing 110grams were
hidden in cartons.
In Kano, NDLEA operatives on Thursday 28th November
arrested three suspects: Jamilu Adamu, 38; Umar Musa, 32; and Bunu Ali, 27,
with 2,000 ampoules of pentazocine injection and 3,135,000 pills exol-5 at
Gadar Tamburawa, Zaria road.
No fewer than 2, 120 kilograms of Ghanaian Loud, a
strong strain of cannabis produced in Ghana were intercepted by NDLEA
operatives at the Ilesan beach, Lagos on Thursday 28th November.
A suspect, Onibogi Muftau was arrested in connection
with the seizure while four vehicles that were to convey the shipments from the
water front were also recovered.
This came on the heels of the seizure of 472kg of the
same psychoactive substance at Idi-Iroko, Imeko area of Ogun state on Monday
25th November.
In Edo state, two suspects: Monday Onyenemue, 60, and
Evans Omogiede, 42, were on Thursday 28th November arrested and 185.6kg
cannabis as well as a Toyota Previa bus marked BEN 06XL conveying the
consignment recovered during an intelligence-led raid by NDLEA operatives at
Ukuwague street, Benin city.
With the same vigour, Commands and formations of the
Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse, WADA,
sensitization activities to schools, worship centres, work places and
communities among others in the past week.
These include: WADA sensitisation lecture to students
and staff of Government Girls Secondary School, Kofar Wambai, Kano; Government
Day Secondary School, Njoboli- Fulani, Yola, Adamawa state; Girls High School,
Mgbowo, Enugu state; God’s Time College, Ikole Ekiti, Ekiti state while Cross
River state Command delivered WADA sensitization lecture to traders at 8 Miles
market, Calabar, among others.
While commending the officers and men of MMIA, DOGI,
Lagos, Kano, and Edo Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures,
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd)
stated that their operational successes and those of their compatriots across
the country especially their balanced approach to drug supply reduction and
drug demand reduction efforts are well appreciated.
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