The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 24-year-old female passenger from Dubai, Igbainoba Uche Rose, for smuggling 3.230kgs of cocaine concealed in packs of sweets into Nigeria at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
The agency in a statement yesterday that it also arrested a man suspected to be a member of Rose’s drug cartel.
NDLEA’s commander at the Lagos airport, Mr Ahmadu Garba, said that the suspect was found in possession of the drug while a suspected member of the drug cartel in Lagos was successfully traced and apprehended.
“One Igbainoba Uche Rose, who concealed 3.230kgs inside sweets was apprehended at the arrival hall during inward screening of passengers. A suspected member of the cartel, Ofor Kamsochukwu Chimezie, was arrested on a follow-up operation. The suspects are being investigated,” Ahmadu stated.
