Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Thursday arrested eight suspected drug traffickers for allegedly smuggling about 10.635 kilogrammes of narcotics at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Lagos. Amongst the drug suspects apprehended was one Mr. Tembo Gideon aka Benson Okechukwu who was travelling to Thailand with about 2.522kilogrammes of methamphetamine tactically hidden inside local fabrics called Aso-Oke.
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Speaking on the arrest, the NDLEA commander at the
Lagos Airport, Mr Hamza Umar pointed out that the suspects were arrested with
various kind of drugs ranging from cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin among
others.
According to Umar, the breakdown of drugs recovered
included 4.460kilogrammes of methamphetamine, 4.030kilogrammes of heroin and
2.145kilogrammes of cocaine. Apart from one of the suspects caught attempting
to smuggle 3.455kilogrammes of heroin from India, others were going outside the
country with different quantities of drugs”
Meanwhile, Chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade in his
Sallah message to Nigerians urged members of the public to desist from smuggling drugs and
criminal acts capable of truncating their God ordained destinies.
“It is sad that these suspected drug traffickers are
behind bars when they ought to be with their families this festive season. Drug
trafficking and other criminal acts will only lead to misery, shame and
unfulfilled dreams” Giade said.
The suspects are Onyekwere Wisdom Chinedu, 26years;
Obinna Christian Chigbo, 37years; Muogbo Uchechukwu Sixtius, 25years; Tembo
Gideon aka Benson Okechukwu, 25years and Orabusinze Chukwuka Joseph, 28years.
Others are Ogbonnaya Kalu Robert, 54years; Obiorah Celestine Nonso, 31years and
Udeh Lazarus Makwe, 44years.
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