The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 27-year-old woman, Mrs. Opoola Mujidat, for planting drugs concealed in fetish bowls, containing scary native black soap and sponge of two Oman-bound male passengers at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The passengers, Raji Babatunde Kazeem and Akinbobola Omoniyi, were travelling together to Oman, Middle East on Ethiopian Airlines flight on Monday, July 11 when they were intercepted by NDLEA operatives at the airport.
The anti-drug agency spokesman, Femi Babafemi, made the disclosure via a statement issued on Sunday.
Babafemi stated that a search of the suspects’ luggage revealed wraps of cannabis sativa hidden in fetish bowls of native black soap and sponge packed into a bag containing food items, which Kazeem was carrying.
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“Both Kazeem and Omoniyi immediately alerted the anti-narcotic officers that Mujidat who was still within the vicinity gave the bag containing the illicit substance to them at the airport. She was promptly arrested.
“The lady accepted responsibility and stated that she brought the luggage for the two passengers to give to her husband in Oman.
“Mujidat, who hails from Oyo East LGA in Oyo State, confessed during preliminary interview that the bag containing the food items were packed by her with different items, including the black soap used to conceal the illicit substance,” the NDLEA spokesperson stated.
While commending the NDLEA officers for the arrests and seizure, the anti-narcotic agency Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), warned the drug cartels that “no matter the ingenuity of their modes of concealment, the dedicated workforce of the Agency will always expose them and their tricks.”
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