An
Anambra State indigene and father of five, 49-year-old Tochukwu Nwafor, has
been nabbed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for ingesting 73 wraps
of cocaine weighing 1.699kg.
According
to the agency’s spokesperson, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the suspect was on his way
to Dubai, when he was nabbed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja
during a routine check on the passengers of an Ethiopian Airline flight.
NDLEA
commander at the airport, Mr. Hamisu Lawan, said that when the suspect was
discovered to have ingested drugs, he was put on observation.
“While
under observation, he excreted 73 wraps of cocaine that weighed 1.699kgs”
Hamisu stated.
Nwafor
said he was offered N1.5m to smuggle the drugs to Dubai.
According
to his statement, he lives in Lagos with his wife and five children and got
involved in the drug smuggling business because of economic hardship.
“I
thought it would be easy to go undetected,” Nwafor said.
Chairman
of the NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (retd.), called on members of the public
to avoid falling into the trap of drug cartels who deceive them into thinking
drug smuggling is very easy.
“They
offer them money to smuggle drugs but will not tell them they will be caught in
the process. Unfortunately, most drug couriers only understand that they are
being used when they have been caught,” he said.
The
NDLEA said Nwafor would soon be charged to court.
-Punch
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