Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 22-year-old lady, Amaka Ogonachukwu, for attempting to smuggle wraps of cocaine concealed in cooked white rice for her boyfriend, Monday Imagbebenikaro, in custody of the Edo State command of the agency.
The drugs were concealed inside the pockets of four jean trousers, packed in a black suitcase. NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement yesterday, said the suspect, who confessed that he was pushed into the crime by hardship after he lost his Job, claimed he was promised Five Thousand Euros if he successfully delivers the consignment in Italy.
In another raid on Monday, December 20, he noted that the agency, following surveillance in a notorious neighbourhood at Alaba Rago, Alaba area of Lagos, arrested one Surajo Mohammed with 941.14kg cannabis, while 56,782 bottles of codeine were seized from the store of another drug lord still at large.