A 56-year-old woman, Ajisegiri Kehinde Sidika, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, over an attempt to traffic 400grams of cocaine concealed in her footwear to Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

The suspect who claimed to be a businesswoman trading in adult and children’s wears on Lagos Island was arrested last Sunday while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight going to Saudi Arabia.

The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday.

Babafemi stated that upon a critical examination of the pair of sandals the woman was wearing, two parcels of cocaine weighing 400grams were recovered from her.

He noted that the NDLEA operatives also arrested a tricycle parts seller, Ayoade Kehinde Tayo, while trying to send 1kg of Tramadol 225mg and Rohypnol to Istanbul, Turkey via Egypt Airline flight same day.

The NLEA spokesperson said the suspect was at the airport to hand over the drugs hidden inside a bag of food items to an intending passenger, Idowu Ayoade, but was arrested before he succeeded in doing that.

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He added that an intending passenger to Oman via Asky airline, Agbamuche Bright Nkeonye, and a lady, Adeoye Oluwakemi Fatimo, who accompanied him to present a bag containing varieties of foodstuffs and body lotion which were used to conceal 1.10kg Cannabis and some Rohypnol capsules were also arrested at the departure hall of the Lagos airport on Thursday.

The NDLEA spokesman said the operatives of the anti-drug agency, at the Brawal container shed of Kirikiri lighter terminal in Lagos, equally intercepted cartons of deadly drinks in a container marked APZU3671697 during a joint examination with Customs.

“Though the bill of lading indicated that the container originated from Cape town, South Africa, a search of the shippers’ database showed it was loaded from Antwerp, Belgium.

“A full inspection of the container on Thursday 18th November showed a total of five cartons of beverages labeled as Euphoria cannabis beer and three cartons of cannabis energy drink were found. Other drinks in the container include 21 cartons of a drink labeled as monkey shoulder; 20 cartons of dead man’s finger; and 139 of champagne fruit, among others,” Babafemi added.

In his reaction to the arrests and seizures, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the officers of the anti-drug agency for their passion, commitment, and remarkable efforts to get results in their areas of responsibility.

Marwa, however, enjoined them and their compatriots across the country to stay focused and resilient in the pursuit of the NDLEA’s corporate goal.

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