Ghanaian, Nigerians arrested over drug trafficking
A Ghanaian and two Nigerians have been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, respectively.
They were arrested for drug trafficking.
Spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday that 9.953 kilogrammes of cocaine and methamphetamine were intercepted from the suspects.
He stated that Uzoh Johnson was arrested on Wednesday, December 8, at about 5:30 p.m. during an inward screening of Ethiopian Airline passengers at the arrival hall of the Akanu Ibiam Airport.
According to him, Mr Johnson arrived from Brazil via Addis Ababa.
He was arrested with clothes impregnated with cocaine, which has a gross weight of 6.7 kilogrammes.
“While being interviewed by narcotic officers, Uzoh said he was given the consignment by his enabler in Brazil for which he would be paid three million naira upon successful delivery to someone in Nigeria,” he said.
In the same vein, another trafficker, 53-year-old Udeh Charley was arrested at the Enugu airport for ingesting 72 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.253 kilogrammes.
Mr Babafemi said that he was arrested on Friday, December 3 during outward screening of Ethiopian Airlines passengers going to Rome via Addis Ababa.
“He claimed he would have been paid €4,000 on the successful delivery of the drugs in Italy where he has been living for more than 20 years.
“He attributed his decision to engage in the ignominious trade on the downward turn of his business as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.
In a related development, another trafficker, 25-year-old John Kadja, whose father is from Kumasi, Ashanti region of Ghana and mother from Nsukka, Enugu State, was arrested on Friday, December 3.
Mr Babafemi stated that the suspect was arrested with two kilogrammes of methamphetamine during an outward clearance of Qatar Airways from Abuja to Doha.
“A search of his bag showed that the drug was concealed in a false bottom of his checked-in luggage. He said he was travelling to Doha to work as a labourer,” Mr Babafemi added.
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