OKONKWO HENRY: DRUG TRAFFICKER EXCRETES 113 WRAPS OF COCAINE WORTH N423M AT LAGOS AIRPORT
A Madrid, Spain bound drug trafficker, Okonkwo Chimezie Henry arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos on Easter day, Sunday 4th April 2021, has just finished excreting a total of 113 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.750 kilogrammes with a ‘street’ value of N423 million, Nigerian Tribune reports.
Okonkwo was about boarding a Turkish Airline flight number TK0626 at about 8 pm when he was apprehended at screening 2 points of the international airport and taken into custody by the International Drug Law and Enforcement Agency, NDLEA operatives at the Lagos airport.
According to the spokesperson of the anti-narcotic agency, Femi Babafemi, the suspect was subsequently put under observation at the JBTF/NDLEA facility for further investigation.
Twenty four hours after putting him under excretion observation, the suspect who has been living in Spain for 10 years excreted 39 wraps of cocaine and subsequently passed out a total of 113 wraps in five excretions.
Further investigation revealed he ingested the illicit drug in a hotel in 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 the same vein, operatives at the airport have 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 was recovered at the SAHCO export shed of the MMIA.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) in his reaction, 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.