The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Brazil- based Nigerian with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part and handbag at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement made available to journalists last Sunday in Abuja.
Babafemi said the suspect, Mrs. Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna, a mother of three, was arrested last Friday night on arrival in Abuja via Qatar Air from Sao Paulo, Brazil through Doha. He said upon a proper search, 12 wraps of cocaine inserted in her private part were extracted, while another 88 pellets stuffed in socks were discovered hidden in her handbag.
According to him, during interrogation, Mrs. Ogbonna, whose children are all resident in Brazil, claimed she lost her husband three years ago. “She confessed she decided to traffic the illicit drug to raise money for the burial of her father scheduled for July 22 in Imo State. “She said one Emeka, alias KC also based in Brazil gave her the drug to deliver in Nigeria for a fee of $3,000. She said she pushed the wraps of cocaine into her private part after her attempts to swallow the pellets failed,” Babafemi said.
The spokesperson said the suspect who owns a shop where she sells African foodstuffs in Brazil, further claimed she had to drop her three young children with a Kenyan lady. In a related development, Babafemi said that narcotic officers attached to a courier company in Lagos intercepted 500grammes of ketamine.
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