Two Suspects Held With 1.2kg Of Cocaine At Lagos Airport

mmaThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday said it apprehended two suspected drug traffickers at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.

The suspects, the agency said, tested positive for narcotic ingestion, adding that one of them inserted four wraps of cocaine weighing 210 grammes in his anus while another ingested 67 wraps of the same substance weighing 1.085kg, making a total of 1.295kg.

According to the NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, tension rose when one of the suspects, Onedigbo Chibueze Emmanuel, 28, who planned to travel to Pakistan, could not expel one wrap of the substance.

Hamza said: “While Akwaeze Anthony successfully expelled all 67 wraps of cocaine he ingested without assistance, the case of Onedigbo Chibueze Emmanuel, who inserted four wraps of cocaine in his anus, was different. He was unable to expel one of the wraps until medical doctors came to his rescue. We were disturbed because his life was in danger.”

A statement signed by the agency’s Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, stated that officials were worried that the suspects may die like others who ingest narcotic drugs due to the poisonous nature of drugs.

He said preliminary investigation revealed that Onedigbo Chibueze Emmanuel is an unrepentant drug trafficker who was recently deported from Thailand after serving a three-year jail term over drug related offences.

He was apprehended during the screening of passengers on Qatar Airline flight. Emmanuel, who hails from Okija in Anambra State, however, said: “It is true that I was deported in February 2013 after serving three years jail term in Thailand.

I went back into drug smuggling because there was nothing for me to sustain myself. “My desire was to get some money from the drug deal and establish a business that could help me prepare for my future. I feel sad that it turned out this way.”