Ihensekhien Obehi, a lady, was detained by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for trying to smuggle cocaine into Iran via the Port Harcourt International Airport,On Sunday, May 4, Obehi attempted to board a Qatar Airways flight to Iran via Doha but was stopped. When she was arrested, she was wearing a headscarf as a disguise..CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
A statement issued by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi claims that Obehi hid cocaine in her handbag, stomach, and private area, among other places. In addition to swallowing 67 pellets of the Class A narcotic, Babafemi stated, “during her search, she was found to have inserted three wraps of cocaine into her private part, with two large parcels hidden in false compartments of her handbag.”
Obehi was put under medical observation right away, he added. She ejected all 67 wraps after four excretions spread over several days. She stated that she was supposed to swallow 70 cocaine pellets, but she was unable to do so after swallowing 67, so she inserted the remaining three into her private area.
The cocaine that was taken from Obehi weighed 2.523 kg in total. In a different operation, on Friday, May 9, NDLEA officials detained Campbell Slifer, a 22-year-old British national, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Slifer was discovered in possession of two luggage that contained 35 packages of the powerful 37.6-kilogram cannabis strain Loud. Babafemi disclosed that Slifer, who had previously been found guilty in the UK of robbery and drug trafficking, told detectives he was hired in London to pick up the drugs in Thailand and transport them to Nigeria.
Along the Suleja-Kaduna Road in Niger State, NDLEA agents stopped a fuel tanker and three other vehicles with 246 skunk bags totaling 3,047 kg. Christopher Onyema, 47; Benedict Etineruba Young, 54; Chukwudi Ujue Jerry, 30; and Mohammed Abdullahi Danasabe were the suspects who were taken into custody. “In addition to the fuel tanker, three other vehicles were found among the suspects: a Gulf bus with registration number GWA 125 TQ, a Honda Odyssey bus with YAB 667 CZ, and another Honda Odyssey bus with ABJ 230 CN,” Babafemi stated.
Another cargo of 1.1 kilograms of Loud from Thailand, hidden inside a pillow, was stopped at a courier service hub in Lagos. On Tuesday, May 6, officers on patrol along the Bauchi–Gombe Road in Bauchi State stopped a Toyota Tundra jeep with the license plate RBC 111 DW that was transporting 526 bricks of 505 kg skunk. At the scene, two suspects—Ikechukwu Peter, 44, and Isaac Onogure, 37—were taken into custody.
In a different operation, NDLEA officers found 31 kegs of codeine syrup (775 liters) in a hideout in Kano’s Rijiyar Zaki neighborhood. During the Saturday, May 10 raid, two suspects—Hafizu Isa Uman, 34, and Ismail Shehu, 48—were taken into custody. Babafemi reaffirmed the NDLEA’s dedication to breaking up drug networks and prosecuting criminals as the agency continues its national campaign on drug trafficking.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>