Officers of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have apprehended a 26-year old man in connection with 8.5kg of methamphetamine concealed inside metal pipes, the agency said on Tuesday.
The suspect, Afunaya Thaddeus Izunna, who sells phone accessories at Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, was found at the weekend to be in possession of the drug during the screening of passengers on Ethiopian airline flight to New Delhi, India. Click to continue reading…
The drug, NDLEA claimed, is worth N27 million and was discovered when anti-narcotic officers insisted in searching the metal pipes inside his luggage.
The NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar said that the drug with a total weight of 8.5kg is one of the highest seizures recently recorded at the Lagos airport.
“This is one of the largest seizures recorded at the Lagos airport in recent time. It was a clever mode of concealment but I am glad we were able to detect it and the suspect apprehended. The case is under investigation” Hamza stated.
NDLEA quoted the suspect to have disclosed that he is married with 2 children.
“I am a trader. I sell phone accessories at Ikeja to take care of my wife and two children. It was a friend that gave me the metal pipes that I should take them to India for a fee. I did not know when, how and where it was packed. I was only given the bag containing the pipes. Unfortunately, when I got to the airport during screening, NDLEA officers discovered the drug and I was arrested. This is my first time of smuggling drugs. I hope my wife will understand and forgive men,” NDLEA quoted the suspect as saying.
NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the suspect will soon be charged to court.
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Show him no mercy. I can't feel sorry for such people. The thing is the barons will never be caught.
ReplyDeleteFuck you Ginika, what if it was your brother that this happened to, wont their be mercy.
Deletehopeless human being
GINIKA !!!!!
Deletei saw one on youtube how they managed to concealed d drug in a bottle of water just baffle me
ReplyDeletethese drug dealers wl never get tired and mr phone seller how wl u collect a parcel to travel wt and u never bother to check what was packaged for u? u be odenson????
He did not say he was unaware he was traficking drugs. He just said he didn't know when, how and where they were packed
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ReplyDelete@Ginika, true talk. They are getting more innovative by the day. Sometimes this year, they packaged and sealed it in a tin of tomato puree!
ReplyDeleteThis one too is looking for easy millions? u go hear am. Wagbon! From phone seller to Millionaire, later he will be giving Youths advise; "be focused, you can only make it through hardwork". Oluya.
He will be out in months, that's if he isn't given the option of a N1mn fine. He will bounce back into the same drug trade and find more innovative ways to avoid being caught
Deleteole!!...phone biz don tire am be dat..want house for lekki..bloody liar..didn't know what was inside!!..indeed!!
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Delete@fatima,u ar soooo right,all dis rich pple Neva disclose how dey make money,all dey say is,it's hardwork
ReplyDeleteyeah like the guy they said was selling used tyres and is now a big car seller and night club owner in VI. Hmmmm. i'm not saying he did drugs but all those rags to riches stories have comma.
ReplyDeleteSTFU! What manner of bad belle is dis. Imagine d nonsense ur insinuating and u think u can be great in this life? U better go & work and get yours! Not every succesful person went through back channels. Dickhead!
DeleteAbeg the story get comma, even when God blesses someone it is without blemish! From used tyres to night club owner! Tsheeeeew, which kain job u do? Which kain runs? just like lords chosen man, we know his history! He was selling used spare parts at ladipo. He opened church and started performing wonders. Meanwhile we saw how he started burying things in the church.now he is soo fat and rich, meanwhile his members are living in penury! But we love miracles and prosperity. Everything na God!
DeleteNa wa oh! Love of money!
ReplyDeleteNa wa oh! Love of money!
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ReplyDeleteIsn't it always their first time? Awon oniraanu when they get caught, they wil want to form victim of circumstances.mscheew
ReplyDeleteIgbo man again SMH... But wait, dem swear for una with drugs ni? why are you guys constantly shaming Nigeria? IGBO KWENU
ReplyDeleteChristmas is fast approachn ni! Our ibo brodas 1t 2 drive jeeps to deir villages n show d@ dey av arrived! Anythn 4 money.
DeleteIgbos no dey go house like before. Everybody is scared. U want make den kidnap them! Besides o! Its worrisome the way igbos are buying houses in lagos. What if naija should break up or something happens?
Deletedon't start what you can't finish o lol...drug smuggling extends to every tribe ,really think the govt should promulgate stiffer penalties for it like the idiagbon/buhari time
ReplyDeleteIts so sad...
ReplyDeleteMost of their ogas are yorubas sha. Fact.
ReplyDeleteDrug money and blood money! Igbo na number 1. Yahoo yahoo and yahoo plus yoruba na number 1......but people wey dey spoil naija name pass na???????? So tey for ghana dey no soo much about that tribe, china, japan and europe. See how this people are languishing in jail. Drug barons
DeleteHuh....who tell you say yoruba na no 1 for yahoo yahoo...Right now ehn,yahoo boys full owerri,na dem dey reign mehn..They almost duped my friend around last week when dey got into his mail and was requesting for money for some rubbish..Na only God help us wey we call first before sending the money... Yoruba people fit dey reighn for yahoo plus sha,I no dispute that one
DeleteIGBO KWENU ... Another lazy want to get rich quick Emeka shot down like a mofo with a pigtail .... Igbo people, why una like drugs now? kidnapping, den they ... drugs, them day .... people smuggling, dem day ... Ashawo business, dem no day carry last ... Kai why una greedy like dis? My biafran brothers and sisters i hail thee oooo :-)
ReplyDeleteWill all of you just stfu?why are U̶̲̥̅̊ guys trying to drag tribalism into dis?
ReplyDeleteIgbo Chukwudi Kweze Onu ... Drug barons!!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteIts not his first time. no drug baron will risk an 8.5kg worth 27m with a first timer. lie! they test u with a smal satchet. d more trips u make uncaught d more the volume increases.
ReplyDeleteGod has exposed him. quick millions! he wants to drive range rover. idiat!
Not being tribalist, but why them never catch hausa guy , ehn!
ReplyDeletedis one na mug shot abi na pose shot, remain make him show us the two finger sign
ReplyDeleteAnon 23 August, 2012 01:33; gosh, with you gutter language. In a self-effacing way, we don't lack riches nor have we ever suffered.
ReplyDeleteJust to clarify, if it's anyone i know even a family member, show that person no mercy. Your mindset is so ghetto. I don't think nor act in a gutter way.
BTW you must be a drug pusher or you must have them as family members. Poverty is a bad thing inu na?