Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested alleged drug trafficker, Egwu Inya who claims to be a building engineer, while attempting to take delivery of illicit consignments concealed in pressure machines imported from South Africa......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
The 42-year-old Egwu was arrested on Monday 2nd December 2024 at Okeyson motor park Enugu when he showed up to collect three units of pressure machines inside which were hidden parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 7.40 kilograms.
A statement signed by spokesperson of NDLEA, said the consignments had arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos import shed on 29th November 2024.
“Following credible intelligence, officers of the MMIA Strategic Command of the Agency had monitored the shipment pass through clearing processes up to a logistics company’s warehouse outside the airport where it was to be collected by the consignee.
“The importer however changed the point of collection to Enugu at the last minute. As a result, NDLEA operatives in a follow up operation in Enugu arrested Egwu when he showed up to collect the consignments,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, in Lagos, a grandmother, 65-year-old Ramata Adeyemo was on Friday 6th December arrested by NDLEA operatives in Lagos Island, where 20.6 litres of codeine-based syrup were allegedly recovered from her.
” Also arrested in Lagos was Lawan Manga who was picked at Ogundana Street, Ikeja on Thursday 5th December while 4.7kg cannabis and 1.3kg tramadol were recovered from him,” the statement said.
