Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) attached to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) export the at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos State, have arrested a pregnant woman, Mrs. Sylvester Onome with 800 grams of skunk she allegedly hid in two small radio sets for freighting to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Spokesman for the NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a release yesterday, said the suspect was arrested on Monday, January 30.
He also said another housewife, Mrs. Okpara Chizoba, was arrested at her residence at 37, Obashola Street, Ijesha, Lagos, on Friday, January 27, following the seizure of 300g of skunk hidden in a bag of crayfish she was sending to Dubai, through a freight agent.
“In the same vein, operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the airport on Thursday, January 26, intercepted a sack of new clothes going to Sierra Leone.
“During a thorough search of the consignment, a parcel of white crystalline substance that tested positive to methamphetamine with a gross weight of 1kg, as well as 300g of skunk and 100g ecstasy were recovered. A freight agent, Mfonabasi Joseph, was already arrested in connection with the seizure,” he added.
Babafemi also disclosed that 40-year-old secondary school teacher, Sani Isah, was arrested in the Jekadefari area of Gombe State on Thursday, January 2, for dealing in a new psychoactive substance called Akuskura.
Exactly 2,198 bottles of the substance concealed in six bags were recovered from him while he claimed to have started the illicit business in 2018.
