Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested an Uber Driver and two other traffickers with different quantities of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.
The Uber driver, Lawal Tunde Rasheed, was arrested at the SAHCO export shed of the MMIA on Tuesday June 8, when he brought a consignment from his client to a freight forwarder for export to Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.
When the package was searched, 150grams of cocaine concealed inside two pieces of air freshener were discovered.
On the Next day, a follow-up operation led to the arrest of Egbo Emmanuel Maduka, at his residence.
Investigations have so far confirmed that Egbo is behind the two seizures of 50grams of cocaine in hair attachment and another 150grams of cocaine concealed in air freshener, heading to Malabo. The seizures were made on June 4 and 8, respectively.
On Friday, June 11, a male passenger, Udogwu James Johnson on Qatar Airlines from GRU in Brazil was arrested at D-arrival hall, MMIA, Lagos with nine wraps of cocaine that weighed 300grams in his underwear.
Credit: EONS Intelligence
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