Carpenter arrested for concealing Cocaine in Children’s duvets

 Juliana Francis

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has recovered 101 parcels of Cocaine concealed in eight children’s duvets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.

The contraband drugs were alleged to have been brought into the country by a 52-year-old Brazilian returnee, Akudirinwa Hilary Uchenna.

He was arrested on 9th April at the Arrival Hall of the Lagos airport upon his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha aboard Qatar Airline flight. The 101 parcels of the class A drug with a gross weight of 13.2 kilogram were recovered from his check-in bag.

During a preliminary interview, Uchenna who claimed to be a carpenter confessed that he was to be paid N5million for trafficking the drug after successfully delivering the consignment in Lagos.

 

In a related development, big pellets of skunk concealed in detergent containers have been intercepted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu.

A 37-year-old South African returnee, Ezekwesili Afamefune brought in the consignment weighing 730grams aboard an Ethiopian Airline flight from Johannesburg, South Africa via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ezekwesili is from Awka south local government area of Anambra State.

In Edo State, an alleged drug dealer, Christian John, 24, was arrested by NDLEA operatives in Egbeta, Ovia Northeast LGA for selling assorted illicit drugs which include sachets of drugged Milo beverage, cannabis Sativa, swinol, and tramadol tablets. Also, in Zamfara State, Chibuzor Uba, 30, was arrested on 8th April with 1,955 ampules of pentazocine at Kaura Namoda area of Zamfara state.

A cross-border drug trafficker, Stanley Chibuzor, 21, was on 8th April arrested by officers of the Marine Unit of NDLEA stationed at Oron beach, Oron, Akwa Ibom state. The suspect nabbed with 11,190 tablets of Tramadol during the outward clearance of passengers traveling to Cameroon.

In Ondo state, a drug dealer who produces and sells skuchies, Oluwaseun Agboola, 25, was arrested on 7th April, at his Igoba, Second Gate, Akure residence where 73 bottles of skuchies weighing 77kg stocked in his kitchen were recovered. Skuchies are usually a mixture of Tramadol, Cannabis sativa, Codeine, Black Currant (popularly called Zobo), and water.

In Lagos, an early morning raid in the notorious Akala, Mushin area of the state on 9th April led to the seizure of 746.25 kilograms of cannabis.

The Chairman of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), applauding officers and men of the MMIA, AIIA, Edo, Zamfara, Akwa Ibom, Lagos, and Ondo state Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures, charged them and their colleagues across the country to remain focused and abstain from acts capable of compromising or jeopardising the collective goal of ridding Nigeria of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking.