NDLEA arrests pregnant woman, seizes Dubai-bound drugs

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a pregnant woman, Sylvester Gloria Onome, after 800grams of skunk were discovered concealed in two small radio sets she was sending to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) via the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.

This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

Babafemi disclosed that the pregnant woman was arrested on Monday, January 30, 2023.

He stated that the NDLEA operatives, on the same day, intercepted a consignment going to Congo Kinshasa, containing 111 bottles of body cream that were used to conceal 24.50kgs of ephedrine, a chemical precursor and active ingredient to produce methamphetamine.

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He stated that the cargo was later traced to a trader at Alaba trade fair complex in the Ojo area of Lagos State, Onyekachukwu Uduekwelu, after the initial arrest of two freight agents.

The NDLEA spokesman revealed that another housewife, Okpara Chizoba Victoria, was arrested at her residence at 37 Obashola street, Ijesha area of Lagos on Friday, January 27 following the seizure of 300grams of skunk hidden in a bag of crayfish she was sending to Dubai, UAE through a freight agent.

Babafemi added that the NDLEA operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the Lagos airport, on Thursday, January 26 intercepted a sack of new clothes going to Sierra Leone.

He said a parcel of white crystalline substance that tested positive to methamphetamine with a gross weight of 1kg, as well as 300grams of skunk and 100grams ecstasy (MDMA) were recovered after a thorough search of the consignment,  adding that a freight agent, Mfonabasi Victor Joseph, was arrested in connection with the seizure.

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