The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested two
women for attempting to smuggle cocaine and cannabis out of Nigeria.
The
women, Modinat Alake and Mbonu Chizoba, were arrested at the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport for attempting to smuggle 4.450kg of
cocaine to India and 7kg of cannabis to China, respectively.
The
Head, Public Affairs of NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, in a statement
issued in Lagos on Monday, said both suspects were apprehended by
officers of the agency.
In
the statement also, the NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr Ahmadu Garba, said
Alake was a trader while Mbonu was working as a clearing and forwarding
agent.
“Chizoba is a second offender as she was first apprehended
in 2013 for attempting to export a luggage containing narcotics,” the
statement quoted Garba as saying.
The statement said the suspects were currently assisting narcotic investigators with facts relating to the hard drugs.
“The suspects would soon be arraigned,” the statement added.
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