Operatives of the Nigeria’s Anti-narcotic Agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 27-year-old drug queen, Mrs. Opoola Mujidat for planting drugs concealed in fetish bowls on two Oman-bound male passengers at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, MMIA, Lagos.
The passengers: Raji Babatunde Kazeem and Akinbobola Omoniyi were travelling together to Oman, Middle East on Ethiopian Airlines flight on Monday 11th July when they were intercepted by NDLEA operatives at the airport.
NDLEA arrests drug queen over narcotics in fetish bowls at Lagos airport
. Intercepts 1,029.5kg skunk in natural gas tank; 524,720 tabs of opioids in Nasarawa, Kaduna, Adamawa pic.twitter.com/aVhGEg1pyX
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The agency’s spokesperson Mr. Femi Babafemi in a press statement said, a search of their luggage revealed wraps of cannabis sativa hidden in bowls of native black soap and sponge packed into a bag containing food items, which Kazeem was carrying.
“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,“ the statement explained.
Arrests in other states
In Kaduna and Adamawa states, over half a million pills of pharmaceutical opioids were seized and suspects arrested in raid operations across the two states.
In the same vein, over 227,000 different grades of Tramadol tablets were seized during the raid of a patent medicine store at Sabon Layi, close to Mubi main market, Mubi North LGA, Adamawa State on Sunday 3rd July.
Meanwhile, In Nasarawa state, NDLEA operatives have intercepted over 91 jumbo bags of cannabis, weighing 1,029.5kg concealed in a truck mounted natural gas tank along Doma road, around 500 Housing Estate, Lafia.
“A 52-year-old suspect, Ernest Ojieh, was arrested in connection with the seizure on Saturday 9th July.”
This was barely four days after operatives at Agwan Doka, Lafia, seized 38 big bags of the same substance with a total weight of 367kg. Two suspects: Abdullahi Iliyasu, 30 and Bashir Mohammed, 29 were arrested over the seizure.
While commending the officers and men of the MMIA, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Adamawa Commands for the arrests, seizures and their dexterity, the Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) 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.
