Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a human trafficker, Mathew Bassey, who allegedly attempted to export illicit drug to Dubai, United Arab Emirate by planting the drugs in the luggage of an orphan, Peter Gift Eno.
According to a statement signed by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, made available to the National Association of Online Security Reporters (NAOSRE), Eno was recruited for the phantom job, in the Arab nation.
The illegal deal was thwarted by operatives of NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos.
The statement read in part; “Bassey, 29, from Oron LGA, Akwa Ibom state was arrested on Wednesday 6th July following the interception of Eno at the departure hall of the Lagos airport.
“When Eno’s luggage was searched, 50 parcels of cannabis (2.80kg) concealed in food items were discovered while there were discrepancies between the age she declared and the date of birth on her international passport.
“Further interview reveals that the human trafficker who recruited and brought her to the airport, Mathew Bassey was still lurking around the airport, waiting for her departure. He was promptly tracked and arrested.
“Investigations showed that the victim who hails from the same Oron LGA of Akwa Ibom State with Bassey, recently lost her mother which made it easy for Bassey to recruit her with the promise of securing her a job in Dubai, UAE.
“It was further discovered that the recruiter leveraged on the victim’s naivety and planted drugs in her bag for onward delivery to his contact in Dubai.”
In a related development, the desperate bid by a drug trafficker, Aloysius Onyekwe to travel by road to Algeria through Sokoto state with ingested 47 wraps of cocaine in his stomach has been frustrated by NDLEA operatives who intercepted him in Ibadan, Oyo state following intelligence shared by the Department of State Security (DSS).
Onyekwe, 26, who hails from Owerri West LGA, Imo state was arrested at Ojo park Ibadan where he went to board a vehicle to Sokoto from there to Algeria. According to the statement, he was traveling with an 18-year-old lady, Blessing Nwoke.
The father of a 10-month-old child who passed out the 47 pellets of cocaine in five excretions confessed that he began his journey to Algeria from Cele area of Okota, Lagos where he ingested the illicit drug, weighing 1.1kg.
Meanwhile, in Oyo state, no fewer than 1,900 tablets of Tramadol 225mg were seized from a drug dealer, Mustapha Ijabula who was arrested in commercial vehicle heading to Yola.
The statement also reported various arrests of drug offenders made In Akwa Ibom and Edo State.
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