Drug Trafficker Picked Up While Ingesting 93 Pellets of Cocaine in Lagos Hotel
A suspected drug trafficker, Uju Dominic, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), while ingesting substance suspected to be cocaine in Lagos
He was arrested in a hotel room at Okota, with a suspected drug lord, Charles Uwagbale, who was assisting him to ingest 93 pellets of the drug, preparatory for a trip to Italy.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babfemi, on Sunday said the suspected drug lord recruited the suspect in Italy, and brought him to Nigeria to traffic the drug weighing 1,427 kilogrammes, back to Italy
According to Babafemi, the suspect arrived Nigeria and lodged in a hotel in Okota, where the suspected drug lord met him last Friday night to assist him in ingesting the drug.
The NDLEA operatives invaded the hotel room while the suspect was ingesting the substance, and both of them were arrested.
Babafemi said the suspect was scheduled to have returned to Italy on Saturday with the ingested drug.
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According to him, the notorious drug kingpin specialises in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffick Class A drugs to Europe, especially Italy.
It was, however, a rude shock to the kingpin when NDLEA operatives, who have been on their trail following credible intelligence, stormed their hotel room, arrested both and recovered the drug exhibits with a total weight of 1.427 kilogrammes.
“Operatives of the Lagos Stare Command of the Agency, who made the arrest and seizure had on Thursday, July, 20 raided Akala in Mushin area of the state, where they recovered 37.5kg of cannabis from the home of a fleeing suspect,” he added.
“Meanwhile, attempts to smuggle 98 cartons containing 5,122,900 pills of Tramadol 225mg with an estimated street value of about N3.7 billion into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja,
Lagos, have been thwarted through the robust synergy between men of the Nigeria Customs Service and NDLEA officers at the airport, as well as those at the DHL cargo warehouse.
