The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos has apprehended a 37-year-old mother of three children, Ezeh Ifeoma Maureen. The suspect was caught during the outward screening of Ethiopian Airline passengers for attempting to smuggle 6.200kg of dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis to China.
According to the NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, the suspect told officers that the bags contained vegetables and foodstuff. “We have arrested a business woman, Eze Ifeoma Maureen with dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis. She declared the content of her bags as vegetables and foodstuff but during search, the vegetables turned out to be cannabis weighing 6.200kg. The drug was packed in two parcels with each bag containing a parcel”.
The suspect said that the person that gave her the parcels told her it was vegetables. “I am a business woman and I sell women clothes at main market Onitsha. I usually export foodstuff to China and import female dresses to Nigeria. One of my customers in China called me that his brother will give me two parcels of vegetables to take to him. I collected the parcels at the airport from the boy. Unfortunately, when they tested it, I was told that it is cannabis” Ifeoma stated. She hails from Anambra State.
Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade said that members of the public should lean from the cases of those arrested for drug trafficking. “This mother of three children would have been killed in China for drug trafficking if she was not apprehended here. It is important for members of the public to learn from her experience and shun drug trafficking” Giade stated.
The NDLEA boss urged passengers not to collect items from people especially when they will not wait to witness the search.
The suspect will soon be charged to court for unlawful possession and attempt to export cannabis.
Ofoyeju Mitchell
Head, Public Affairs
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