Operatives of National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, arrested a bicycle parts dealer with 1.7
kilogrammes of heroin upon arrival on an Etihad flight from Pakistan at the
Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
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| MURTALA MUHAMMED INT. AIRPORT, LAGOS |
The suspect, forty year old Nweke
Uchenna, a native of Enugu State, was apprehended by officials of the
anti-narcotics agency at the arrival hall during a routine check of passengers
when he was found to have ingested narcotics inside his body.
Commenting on the arrest, NDLEA
Airport Commander, Hamza Umar, said the suspect excreted 100 wraps of
substances that tested positive for heroin weighing 1.700 kilogrammes. The
suspect said he was lured into drug trafficking because he wanted to use the
proceeds to settle his huge debts. He said he was a successful dealer of
bicycle parts until he lost nine million naira to fraudsters in 2009.
Meanwhile, Chairman of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, said that
Nigeria-Pakistan route was becoming a haven for drug trafficking.
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