Nwadinobi Charles apprehended by NDLEA with parcels of cocaine, cannabis, others at Lagos Airport
A Brazil returnee, Nwadinobi Charles Uchemadu from Sao Paulo, Brazil, via Doha on a Qatar Airways flight, has been intercepted with parcels of cocaine concealed in different parts of a travel bag brought into Nigeria by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
Uchemadu was arrested on Monday, December 5, at the Lagos airport, during inward clearance of passengers on the Qatar airways flight following the discovery of three parcels of cocaine weighing 2.70 kilogrammes factory sealed in parts of his travel bag.
Spokesperson for Agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, yesterday, said NDLEA operatives equally intercepted cans of powdered milk, baby food and beverages used to conceal 3.4 kilogrammes of Cannabis sativa going to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) export shed of the airport same day.
According to Babafemi, a freight agent, Ewelike Chibuike Cyril, who presented the consignment for export was subsequently arrested.
In the same vein, parcels of Cannabis sativa weighing 6.30kgs concealed in sound systems (speakers) going to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea through the SAHCO export shed of the airport were also seized on Thursday, December 8, by NDLEA operatives, who initially arrested a freight agent, Joseph Obiji and later the following day, Friday, December 9, nabbed another agent, Mbanu Ifeanyi Andrew, in a follow up operation at Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association (ASPAMDA), market, Trade Fair complex, Ojo area of Lagos.
