Unbelievable! 7- Suspected drug courier
was arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. When about to board an Ethiopian Air
flight from Abuja to Tel Aviv, Israel with a strange cargo allegedly concealed
in their stomach!
The suspects were Fred Obi, 49;
Ekechi Ferdinand, 36; Okonkwo Paul, 20; Azubuogu Obumneme, 30; Okechi Anthony,
34; Anozie Henry, 34 and Okafor Francis, 51.
NDLEA spokesperson, Mr. Mitchell
Ofoyeju, confirmed that the raid which was headed by the agency’s commander at
the Abuja Airport, Mr. Hamisu Lawan, would turn out to be a revealing one.
The suspects, who were said to have
been arrested and isolated, were soon made to excrete the drug they had
ingested.
“The last of the suspects eventually
finished excreting the drugs in his stomach this morning (Thursday, November
26),” Ofoyeju said.
Ferdinand excreted 1.616kg of
cocaine, Paul – 1.103kg, Obumneme – 1.450kg, Anthony – 935 grammes while Henry
exctreted 874 grammes of cocaine. The oldest of the suspects, Francis, on his
part excreted 1.167kg.
All the suspects, except Obi, were
said to have Hong Kong as the destination on their tickets.
NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Giade, said
that the arrest of the suspects was an added victory to the war against drug
trafficking in the country.
He said, “Coming at a time when
commanders of our agency are holding a summit to move the agency forward, this
is a welcome development.
“Having seven suspected drug
traffickers on a single flight is a reflection of the desperation of drug
cartels. “But this will prove to them that the NDLEA has the capacity to stop
drug trafficking no matter what method they employ.
“Fortunately for the suspects as
well, our arrest has saved their lives because for the suspects heading to Hong
Kong, it is clearly stated in their visas that drug trafficking in Hong Kong
attracts the death penalty. Nigeria has equally been saved from an
embarrassment their arrest would have caused if they were caught over there.”
Source: Punch News
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