A Greece-based Nigerian man, Iwuozor Edward Chinedu, 53, has been arrested by operatives of the NDLEA after coc@ine and h£roin were found concealed in his traveling bag.
According to a statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was arrested at the Muritala Mohammed International airport when he debarked from an Ethiopian airline flight on Friday, February 3, after officers in the tarmac team of NDLEA intercepted two bags during a secondary check exercise at the foot of the aircraft.
“When the bags were searched in the presence of Chinedu and other airport stakeholders, two big pellets wrapped with foil papers and some sprinkles of pepper were recovered from each of the two sides of one of the bags. The pellets were used to construct false walls at the sides of the bag.
The two parcels contained substances that tested positive to coc@ine and h£roin with a gross weight of 1.30kgs and 900grams respectively. During preliminary interview, Chinedu claimed he came to Nigeria three months ago to do a s¥rgery, which he was not comfortable doing in Athens. He further claimed he was given the bag to deliver in Greece for a fee of two million naira (N2,000,000).”
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