A patent medicine dealer arrested by
operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has begged that
he should be forgiven and pardoned because of his two wives and six children.
The suspect, Ubaka Dennis Chidozie
40, was arrested in connection with cannabis weighing 3.964kg. He was nabbed
while attempting to export cannabis inside foodstuff to China.
Chidozie said that he was recently
initiated into cannabis trafficking by friends.
His words: “I have two wives and six
children. I started exporting foodstuff to China to augment the earnings from
my patent medicine shop. My friend recently introduced me to cannabis smuggling
to China. I used to hide little quantities of cannabis inside foodstuff which I
give to agents to send to China. I deliberately did not inform them that there was
cannabis in the bag with the hope that since the quantity was small, it would
not be detected by the authority. I’m new in the business. I’m begging for
mercy because of my wives and children.”
NDLEA spokesman, Mitchel Ofoyeju
said that the first consignment containing 1.830kg of cannabis was intercepted
at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos while another bag of
foodstuff containing 2.134kg of cannabis belonging to Chidozie was also
detected at Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu.
NDLEA commander at the Lagos
Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar said that Chidozie was a serial offender.
Umar added: “The suspect specializes
in concealing cannabis in foodstuff for innocent travellers. Luck ran on him
when the parcel he sent through the Lagos airport was intercepted. While
we were investigating this case, he attempted sending another shipment of
cannabis at the Enugu airport where he was apprehended. Ubaka is cooperating
with the team of narcotic investigators.”
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