A LADY ARRESTED WITH SUBSTANCES SUSPECTED TO BE CANNABIS @ LAGOS AIRPORT

Ezeh Ifeoma Maureen,37, mother of 3, has been arrested with substances suspected to be cannabis by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Maureen was caught at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in  Ikeja, Lagos, during outward screening of China-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ passengers for allegedly attempting to smuggle 6.2kilogrammes of dried cannabis.

Mr. Hamza Umar, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA Airport Commander said the suspect told the officers that her bags contained vegetables and foodstuff. “She declared the content of her bags as vegetables and foodstuff, but during a search, the vegetables turned out to be cannabis weighing 6.2 kilogrammes. The drug was packed in two parcels.”

The suspect, who hails from Anambra State, said:
“I am a business woman; I sell women’s clothes at the Onitsha main market. I usually export foodstuff to China and import female dresses to Nigeria. One of my customers in China called to tell me that his brother would give me two parcels of vegetables to bring to him. I collected the parcels at the airport from the boy. Unfortunately, when they tested them, I was told that they contained cannabis.”

However, the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, advised the public to learn from the cases of those arrested for drug trafficking and warned passengers not to collect items from people, who will not be there during a search

“This mother of three children would have been killed in China for drug trafficking if she was not apprehended here. It is important for the public to learn from her experience and shun drug trafficking,” he said.