NDLEA nabs suspects with 3kg of narcotics at Lagos airport.

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested three men at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos for allegedly ingesting 161 wraps of narcotics weighing 3.085kg.
According to the anti-narcotics agency, two of the suspects were caught importing the drugs into the country while one was caught attempting to export the drugs to London.
NDLEA Airport Commander, Hamza Umar, who confirmed the arrests gave the names of the suspects as Elioku Simeon Chibuzor, 28; Ogbu Obioma Leonard, 37; and Uzobude Vitus Uju, 43yrs.
“Elioku ingested six wraps of cocaine from Brazil weighing 0.095kg; Ogbu ingested 1.175kg of heroin from Pakistan; and Uzobude, with dual citizenship of Nigerian and Germany, ingested 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.815kg on his way to London,” said Umar.
Elioku said that he ingested 80 wraps of drugs but he excreted the drug in Doha. He was arrested during the inward screening of passengers on Qatar airline flight. However, in Lagos, he excreted six more wraps.
“They promised to pay me 2,000 dollars to smuggle the drugs from Brazil to Doha,” he said. “When I got to Doha, the person who ought to collect the drug from me failed to show up. It was for fear of being caught that made me to dispose the drugs at the airport toilet. I never knew that six wraps were left in my stomach. Now, I have been arrested and the owners of the drugs are after my life.”
Ogbu admitted to having ingested 55 wraps of heroin in Pakistan weighing 1.175kg. “I went to Islamabad in March 2012 to work and earn a good living,” he said. “Unfortunately, my situation was worse. It was so bad that I was looking for money to come home. That was how I made up my mind to smuggle drugs. They promised to pay me six hundred thousand naira (N600,000).”
Uzobude admitted to having ingested 100 wraps weighing 1.815kg. “I was promised 3,000 pounds to smuggle drugs to London,” he said. “I lived in Germany for 15 years. I relocated to London four years ago but it was frustration that made me to traffic in drugs.”
Reacting to the arrest, NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Giade, said: “We are prepared to stop drug traffickers. No criminal will go unpunished. Members of the public should give information about drug traffickers to the agency.”