A 22-year-old Nigerian, Jude Ejikonye Ilechukwu who resides in Thailand was
recently apprehended by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,
with 1.295kg of substance discovered to be methamphetamine.
Ilechukwu was
arrested at the international wing of the Murtala Mohammed International
Airport, Lagos. The drug which was concealed inside his luggage, was detected
during the screening of passengers on Ethiopian Airline at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos.
The MMIA Commander of
the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Hamza Umar, said the drug was
carefully hidden in the suspects’ luggage.
Umar said: “Like several
factory modes of drug concealment, we had to practically cut the bag open to
detect the drugs.
“Ordinarily, when you open the bag, you will not see
the drug.
“We found two brown parcels of drugs weighing
1.295kg.”
According to Ilechukwu, he was lured into the drug deal by a
friend he met in Thailand.
In his words: “I am a business man. I
relocated to Thailand last year where I buy goods and send to
Nigeria.
“It was in Thailand that I met a man who introduced me into
drug business. He gave my number to his partner in Lagos who lodged me in a
hotel.
“They made me to contribute N750,000 as my contribution and
promised me a handsome reward on arrival in Thailand.
“My focus was on
the profit that will accrue to me. It was when I was arrested that I realised I
had made a big mistake.”
The suspect attended Okija Community Primary
School and Okija Grammar School, Anambra State before he started
business.
He will soon be charged to court.
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