Crime Correspondent: Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport 5 suspects caught with cocaine

The suspects namely Woke Casmire (36) ingested 73 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.350kg, Udo Chukwuka Valentine (3) ingested 74 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.4kg, Idemudia Abraham Elikioya (38) ingested 65 wraps of cocaine weighing 1kg, Okpala Brenda Chukwunonso (36) ingested 75 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.2kg and Ogunyemi Segun Aisien (32) ingested 67 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.250kg. Five of them all male were caught for ingesting hard drugs on a single flight.5 suspects caught with cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja, during the outward screening of passengers on KLM Flight on April 3, 2008.The arrest was made within seven days that a full body scanning mechine was commissioned at the command of the NDLEA. The 5 suspected drug traffickers have been detected by the machine for attempting to smuggle narcotics through the airport.In a related development, the Abuja airport command of the agency also arrested 25 suspected drug traffickers with a total of 23.715 kilogrammes of cocaine. The suspects, 23 males and 2 females were arrested between January and March 2008. three of the suspects packed the drugs on their bodies while others ingested.

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport 5 suspects caught with cocaine

The suspects namely Woke Casmire (36) ingested 73 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.350kg, Udo Chukwuka Valentine (3) ingested 74 wraps of cocaine...

Arrested Iyawe Ekhosuh Evans,Okafor Sunday Ken, Arthur Benson Emmanuel; Akaegbobi Festus Ebere, Olise Morgan Clinton,

Attempt by suspected drug couriers to smuggle cocaine worth N20 million through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja has been foiled by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). <br />The drug weighing 8.1 kilogrammes was seized from nine suspected drug traffickers last month.The suspects are Iyawe Ekhosuh Evans, 29; Okafor Sunday Ken, 32; Arthur Benson Emmanuel, 44; Akaegbobi Festus Ebere, 31 and Olise Morgan Clinton, 28. Others are Abogun Adesola Henry, 38; Okafor Ugochukwu Godwin, 23; Osamede Otas Oviawe, 31 and Igwenu Godwin Amobichukwu, 29. Preliminary investigation revealed that all the suspects took off from Lagos.The NDLEA Abuja Airport Commander Alhaji Hamza Umar decried the involvement of the suspects in illicit drug trafficking noting that they ought to be gainfully employed in the productive sector of the economy. Hamza disclosed that five suspects were arrested in January, thus bringing the total number of suspects arrested since the beginning of the year to fourteen. <br />All the suspects ingested the drug except one who packed it on his body. In his words, “It is sad that the suspects who are young, able-bodied and energetic have opted to traffic in narcotics rather than engaging in legitimate undertaking.”

Arrested Iyawe Ekhosuh Evans,Okafor Sunday Ken, Arthur Benson Emmanuel; Akaegbobi Festus Ebere, Olise Morgan Clinton,

Attempt by suspected drug couriers to smuggle cocaine worth N20 million through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja has be...