The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have captured a dr¥g kingpin wanted for attempts to ship ill#cit dr¥g consignments to the United Kingdom.
The dr¥g lord who is identified as Obiorah Chigozie Samuel tops the list of arrests made by NDLEA through interdiction operations that led to the seizure of four tons of ill#cit substances in the past week.
This was revealed in a signed statement by the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, October 1, 2023.
Samuel has been on the wanted list of the Agency since 15th September 2023 when a consignment of 1.500kg skunk concealed in flour going to London, UK was intercepted at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos, and his freight agent, Nworah Adaugo Precious arrested.
Convinced that the 1.500kg consignment had sailed through, Obiorah walked into the Agency’s dragnet on Thursday, September 28, 2023, when he brought another tranche of 2.00kg concealed in cartons to the airport for shipment to the UK. In his interview, Obiorah claimed he was into shoe sales in Lagos before venturing into the ill#cit dr¥g business.
