Etim Effiong
Two suspected drug traffickers arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Lagos airport have excreted 191 pellets of heroin and cocaine on observation.
The two drug traffickers excreted the substance on April 10, 2021 during the outward screening of passengers on Ethiopian airline to Italy.
A statement signed by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, noted that the NDLEA’s operatives at MMIA intercepted and referred one Chukwudi Destiny for scanning, which result proved positive to drug ingestion.
The statement read: “As a result he was placed under excretion observation and in the process; he excreted 92 pellets of heroin with a total weight of 1.300Kg.”
It was learnt that on April 12, 2021, during the inbound examination of consignments on Ethiopian airline cargo flight from South Africa, operatives at SAHCO import shed made a seizure of 11.550kg of heroin cleverly packed and concealed in corn flakes cartons.
Four clearing agents are in custody in connection to the seizure.
According to the Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Garba, “A sting operation was executed on the address provided by one the suspects.
“In the process, a Congolese, Kayembe Kamba Mazepy was arrested. After his arrest, he mentioned another person who is to receive the parcel from him.
“On the strength of the information, another sting operation was conducted in the early hours of Saturday, April 17, 2021 where the person that came to take delivery was arrested.”
He noted that in the same vein, on Friday April 16, 2021, another trafficker, Ezekiel Chibuzo, who arrived in Lagos from Brazil on board Qatar airline was also arrested for drug ingestion.
Garba added that Chibuzo had so far excreted 99 wraps of cocaine, noting that just as officers at the export shed of the airport had seized 822.950kg of khat leaves heading to the UK and US.