yesterday arrested a 23-year-old student of Management Accounting at
Waltham College, London Mr. Chiwuzie Godson Chiedozie for an attempt
to smuggle about 1.535 kilogrammes of cocaine through the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The suspect was nabbed by official of the anti-narcotics agency when
he tested positive to drug ingestion during the screening of
passengers on an Arik flight to London.
Speaking on the arrest, NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar
pointed that after arresting the suspect, he was placed under
observation where he excreted about 92 pellets of substances that
tested positive to cocaine weighing 1.535 kilogrammes.
According to Hamza, the suspect was also found in possession of two tickets.
"Chiwuzie presented a valid Asky ticket from Lagos to Lome at the
screening but during search, a valid Arik ticket from Lagos to London
was recovered in his luggage.
The Lome ticket was to divert attention from him but besides having
multiple tickets, he also tested positive for drug ingestion," Hamza
further explained.
The NDLEA Airport Commander also stressed that from investigation
conducted, the agency gathered that Chiedozie had lived in London
since 2009 where he was recruited to smuggle drugs in his school at
Waltham College, London.
Narrating his ordeal, Mr.Chiedozie pointed out that he was lured into
trafficking drugs with a promise that he was going to be paid £3,500
pounds with which he intended to pay his tuition fees.