NDLEA Arrests 6 Foreigners, Impounds 1.9kg of Cannabis
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested six foreigners connected to a shipment of cannabis in Lagos.
Spokesman for the agency, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday.
According to the agency, two boats loaded with 1,960 kilograms of cannabis were impounded at Lekki area of Lagos.
Babafemi says that the suspects, two Ghanaians and four Beninese were arrested in connection to the boats seized at the Eleko beach.
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“Six foreign nationals who brought the consignments from Ghana were arrested during the operation. They include two Ghanaians: Godsway John, 38; and Freedom Kelvin, 33; as well as four Beninese: Chegoun Hounsou, 23; Gadabor Nyameto, 47; Adantg Sasa, 34; and Ayao Kayivi, 21,” the statemet read in part.
In other news, a businessman, Orizu Ifeanyi Arthur, was arrested while trying to board a Paris-bound flight from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport with 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine in his body system.
“When he was pulled aside for a body scan, he turned down the request, claiming his medical condition won’t allow him.
“He was thereafter taken into custody for excretion observation during which he excreted a total of 74 wraps of the Class A drugs over a period of seven days,” the statement revealed.
The suspect is said to have confessed to being promised the sum of €3,000 in the event his drug smuggling went well.
