NDLEA arrests man with cocaine in anus

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, disclosed that it has arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Obivuko Ifeanyi, with 210 grammes of substances that tested positive for cocaine.

Obivuko, who was apprehended at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, had allegedly inserted the drugs into his anus.

He was said to have been detected with the aid of the body scanner during the inward clearance of passengers from a Turkish airline from Brazil.

The Agency's Airport Commander, Hamza Umar, described the incident as unusual, calling insertion by men "a rare and dangerous mode of drug concealment."

Hamza also said that Obivuko had taken a big risk by showing up at the airport with the drugs.
According to him, drug traffickers had been avoiding the airport because of a new additional body scanner donated by the United States government "which has greatly improved NDLEA’s efficiency".

The suspect, who hails from Anambra State, said he ventured into the drug business in order to give his in-law, who died in Brazil, a befitting burial in Nigeria.

He however expressed regret, describing it as "the greatest mistake" of his life.

"I have learnt my lessons in a very hard way. I bear no grudges against the NDLEA because they are carrying out their constitutional duties," he said."But I plead with them to temper justice with mercy, I got into this mess for the sum of N400,000 only."

Before his arrest, Obivuko dealt in the saleofladies' weave-on, and had lived in Brazil for eight years.

Also arrested by the agency's operatives was Okoro Christopher, 39, who was caught with 1.425kg of substances that tested positive for methamphetamine, cleverly packed in shoes.

He was arrested during the outward clearance of passengers from Iberia Airline to Germany.

The suspect, who hails from Imo State, was formerly a motor-parts dealer before leaving Nigeria twelve years ago for Germany.

The agency said that both suspects would soon be charged to court.
Culled:Dailytimesnigeria