Operatives of the National Drug Laws and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Sunday, said it arrested a cleaner, Ohiagu Sunday, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) for allegedly leading drug syndicates around the airport wing in Lagos.
According to the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was nabbed on Tuesday 23rd August, following the arrest of an intending passenger on Air Peace flight to Dubai, UAE, Obinna Jacob Osita who was arrested with three bags, two of which contained eight blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 4.25kg concealed in cassava product, gari and crayfish.
One other member of the airport syndicate who works with Ohiagu has also been arrested while operatives are after another suspect.
Babafemi explained that investigations revealed that a Dubai-based drug dealer recruited Obinna, a 42-year-old native of Oyi local government area of Anambra state to traffic the drugs and equally contracted Ohiagu, a 34-year-old airport cleaner from Orlu West local government area of Imo state to create access for the unhindered passage of the trafficker.
He noted that the drug syndicate bust, which is the first drug arrest at the new terminal of the MMIA, comes on the heels of the seizure of a consignment of bottles of Viju and Fearless energy drinks used to conceal skunk for export to Dubai, UAE through the NAHCO export shed on Monday, 15th August, 2022.
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