Monday, October 14, 2024 - Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have arrested a Thailand returnee, Oguejiofor Simonpeter, for importing 13.30kg of heroin worth over N3.192bn.
In a statement released, NDLEA
spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Oguejiofor was arrested on October 7, 2024,
while attempting to smuggle out of the airport the drug concealed in six
backpacks and then packed into two big suitcases.
According to Babafemi, the suspect
left Thailand on October 3 on a Qatar Airways flight and stopped over in Doha,
where he spent two days before heading to Lagos while his luggage was routed to
Accra, Ghana, his original destination.
After arriving in Lagos on October 5,
he contacted the airline to reroute his luggage to Nigeria so that he could
pick them up as rush bags in a bit to beat security checks.
However, NDLEA officers intercepted him at
the point of exit.
“A search of
his two suitcases revealed three empty backpacks in each box with a large
parcel of heroin neatly sewn to all six backpacks. The six parcels were
subsequently recovered with a gross weight of 13.30kg,” the statement read.
Babafemi said Oguejiofor stated that
he was offered $7,000 to peddle the drugs to Nigeria and Ghana.
“In his statement, Oguejiofor claimed
he was hired for a fee of $7,000 upon successful delivery of the parcels. He
said he was to deliver two parcels in Lagos and the other four parcels in
Accra, Ghana.” Babafemi said
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