The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, officers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos, have arrested two passengers travelling to Doha on a Qatar Airways flight at the screening point of Terminal 2 after they tested positive for ingestion of illicit substances on Friday, June 21.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Babafemi said the suspects, named Aikhomoun Daniel (alias Oladapo Olanrewaju) and Avigoro Waheed Omobolaji, were taken into observatory custody.
He added that while Daniel excreted a total of 90 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.022 kg in six excretions, Avigoro discharged 60 wraps of the same Class A substance with a total weight of 662 grammes in five ejections.
He said that further investigation revealed that Daniel’s real name is Oladapo Olanrewaju.
According to Babafem, Daniel stole the identity of his late uncle, who was once based in Germany, a decision he claimed he took to get a Schengen visa to enable him free access to Europe.
Babafemi said no less than 40.32 kg of Loud, an imported strong strain of cannabis, was recovered on Friday, June 28th, in a black Toyota Tacoma truck along Lekki-Ikoyi Road.
He added that the driver jumped off the vehicle after noticing that NDLEA operatives were on his trail.
