Henry, the suspected drug trafficker
Nigeria’s leading drugs agency, NDLEA has said it has apprehended a Madrid, Spain bound drug trafficker, identified as Okonkwo Chimezie Henry at the Lagos Airport.
Henry, who has been residing in Spain for 10 years now, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, on Easter day, Sunday 4th April 2021.
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The drug agency, according to its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi BabaFemi, said the suspect, has excreted a total of 113 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.750 kilogrammes with a street value of N423 million.
Henry was about to board a Turkish Airline flight number TK0626 at about 8 pm when he was apprehended at screening point 2 and taken into custody by the NDLEA operatives at the Lagos airport.
He was subsequently put under observation at the JBTF/NDLEA facility for further investigation.
Twenty-four hours after putting Henry under excretion observation, he excreted 39 wraps of cocaine and subsequently passed out a total of 113 wraps in five excretions.
NDLEA further investigation revealed that the suspect ingested the illicit drug in a hotel in the Igando area of Lagos.
According to the Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Garba, “the suspect excreted 39 wraps weighing 600 grammes at 9.58 am on April 5; 13 wraps weighing 200 grammes at 6.30 pm same day; 16 wraps weighing 250 grammes at 10.30 pm same day; and 32 wraps weighing 500 grammes at 7.30 am on April 6.”
In a related development, NDLEA operatives at the airport have also intercepted a 2.8kg of skunk meant for Dubai in UAE through Emirate Airline.
The illicit drug was concealed in crayfish; bitter leaves and melons packaged in a sack but were recovered at the SAHCO export shed of the MMIA.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) was quoted to have commended officers and men of the MMIA Command of the agency for not allowing criminal elements to take advantage of the Easter holiday to further their illicit trade and dent Nigeria’s image abroad.
“We all must stay committed to the ongoing offensive action at the airports, seaports, land borders, on the streets of Nigerian cities and across the various drug joints and even in the forests where some are hiding to cultivate and process cannabis Sativa. We must disrupt their illicit trade and dismantle their cartels”, Marwa charged
