Cannabis concealed in three tubers of yam for export to Dubai
BY GODDY OBINWA
A 56-year-old widow and mother of four, Ajisegiri Kehinde Sidika has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja in Lagos State, South-West Nigeria over her attempt to traffic 400 grams of Cocaine concealed in her footwear to Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi in a statement said, the suspect who claims to be a businesswoman trading in adults and children’s wears on Lagos Island was intercepted on Sunday, November 13 while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight going to Saudi Arabia via Doha. Upon a critical examination of the pair of sandals she was wearing, two parcels of Cocaine weighing 400 grams were recovered from them.
In the same vein, attempts by a tricycle parts seller, Ayoade Kehinde Tayo to send one kilogramme of Tramadol 225mg and Rohypnol to Istanbul, Turkey via Cairo on an Egypt Airline flight on the same day were also frustrated by NDLEA operatives who arrested him.
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