Officials
of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 46-year-old man who
allegedly inserted wraps of narcotics into his anus on his way to Italy.
Innocent Anazodo was
found with the wraps which tested positive to cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos, the NDLEA said in a statement Sunday.
The agency said it also
arrested Samuel Agwu, 31, who concealed wraps of narcotics in the collar of his
jacket on his way from Brazil.
“Anazodo Innocent was
found with seven pellets of cocaine weighing 375 grammes inserted in his anus
while Agwu Samuel had ten pellets of cocaine weighing 110 grammes concealed
inside his jacket,” said Ahmadu Garba, NDLEA Commander at the Lagos airport.
“Both arrests were made
during routine check on passengers.
“Agwu was nabbed during
inward screening of passengers on a South Africa Airline flight from Brazil
through Johannesburg. The second suspect, Anazodo was caught during screening
of passengers on a Royal Air Maroc flight while going to Milan, Italy.”
The NDLEA said Mr. Agwu
“confidently” wore the jacket containing cocaine after he disembarked from the
aircraft on his way from Sao Paulo.
“This is the first discovery
of cocaine inside the collar of a jacket by the NDLEA. The suspects have owned
up to the crime and are cooperating with investigators,” said Mr. Garba.
-PT
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