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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
has arrested a 44-year-old man, Chide
Chibude, for attempting to smuggle 1.185kg of
cocaine to China.
This is contained in a statement issued by Mr.
Mitchell Ofoyeju, Head, Public Affairs,
NDLEA, on Wednesday in Lagos.
The statement said the NDLEA commander at
the Lagos airport, Mr Hamza Umar, noted
that Chibude was arrested by NDLEA officers
at the Murtala Mohammed International
Airport, Lagos.
It said the arrest was effected, while the
suspect was attempting to board a Qatar
Airways flight to China where drug trafficking
is punishable by death.
According to the statement, the suspect
ingested 1.185kg of whitish substances that
tested positive to cocaine.
“We discovered from our investigation that
the suspect sold his property in Enugu and
invested the proceeds in drug trafficking due
to wrong counsel from friends.
“He was apprehended during outward
screening of passengers on Qatar flight. The
cocaine found on him weighed 1.185kg,” it
said.
The statement said the NDLEA Chairman,
Ahmadu Giade, described drug trafficking as
criminal and warned that those who seek
wealth from criminality shall end up in
prisons.
“NDLEA is combating drug trafficking with
every resource at its disposal. Drug trafficking
is criminal and the gains of a drug-free
society is priceless.
“The lesson to be learnt from this case is that
those who seek quick wealth from drug
trafficking will end up in prison,” the
statement quoted Giade as saying.
It added that the suspect’s case was
particularly instructive because he invested
N2m in drug trafficking which would have
led to his untimely death if he was caught in
China.
The statement said confessing to the crime,
the suspect who hails from Enugu State, said
he invested N2m in drug trafficking because
he wanted to earn N4m profit in return.
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