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| Nweke Gabriel Nwobodo Credit: PUNCH |
A suspected drug trafficker has been
arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officials at the
Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.
The suspect was said to have
ingested 126 wraps of narcotics. NDLEA said that the drug, which weighed
2.225kg, is the highest ingestion since January 2013.
A statement signed yesterday [Jun
18] by the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, stated that the
officials placed the suspect on observation when he tested positive to drug
ingestion.
Ofoyeju gave the name of the suspect
as Nweke Gabriel Nwobodo, stressing that the case is under investigation.
He said the 33-year-old suspect
sells electronics at Trade Fair Complex and Computer Village in Lagos and
confessed that he wanted to raise money from drug trafficking after he was
duped of a huge amount of money by some unscrupulous persons.
The suspect was alleged to have
said: “I sell electronics in Lagos, but I lost $11,200 to fraudsters.
This affected my business and in the
process of trying to get money to revamp my business, I was introduced into
drugs. “If I had succeeded, I would have been paid N1.8 million.
I spent only one week in Pakistan.
My only regret is my pregnant wife who is due to put to bed soon.”
Nweke hails from Ebonyi State. He is
married with two children. In his reaction, NDLEA Chief Executive, Ahmadu Giade
expressed concern on the risk of drug ingestion.
