NDLEA Arrests Lagos Airport Purifier who Leads Drug Syndicate

NDLEA arrests Lagos airport purifier who leads drug syndicate

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleanser on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, Ohiagu Sunday, who leads a drug syndicate on the worldwide wing of the airport.

He become nabbed on Tuesday twenty third August following the arrest of an proceeding passenger on Air peace flight to Dubai, UAE, Obinna Jacob Osita who become arrested with 3 luggage,  of which contained 8 blocks of hashish sativa weighing 4.25kg hid in cassava product, garri and crayfish. One different member of the airport syndicate who works with Ohiagu has additionally been arrested at the same time as operatives are after some other suspect.

Investigations found out that a Dubai-primarily based totally drug supplier recruited Obinna, a 42-year-antique local of Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State to visitors the medicine and similarly shriveled Ohiagu, a 34-year-vintage airport purifier from Orlu West Local Government Area of Imo State to create get right of entry to for the unhindered passage of the trafficker.

The drug syndicate bust, that is the primary drug arrest at the brand new terminal of the MMIA comes at the heels of the seizure of a consignment of bottles of viju and fearless strength beverages used to hide skunk for export to Dubai, UAE via the NAHCO export shed on Monday fifteenth Aug. A freight agent has already been arrested in reference to the seizure.

In the identical vein, try through a syndicate to export illicit capsules thru the Lagos airport on Wednesday twenty fourth Aug become foiled in the course of an outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airline to Oman thru Addis Ababa.

A suspect Jonah Chukwuemeka became arrested with a complete of 1,995 Tramadol pills with a gross weight of 900 grams hidden in locust beans in his luggage. The bag containing the illicit substance turned into surpassed over to him on the airport with the aid of using one Olagunju Abbas who became directly arrested.

Packs of Tramadol 225mg containing 119,500 drugs have been Thursday twenty fifth Aug transferred to NDLEA through the Nigeria Customs, shipment wing of MMIA. The consignment had are available via Ethiopian Airline from Pakistan.

Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives on Saturday raided a vehicle shop, Bolak Motors at Ewela bus stop, Oshodi in Lagos wherein luggage of 615.2kg hashish have been recovered together with 9 vehicles. Efforts are ongoing to song the automobile supplier, Alhaji Ismail who’s presently at large.