NDLEA arrests computer merchant with cocaine

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FEW days after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) issued a warning on Nigeria-Brazil route, officials of the anti-narcotic agency have apprehended a 50-year-old computer merchant with 16.09kg of cocaine on arrival from Brazil.



The suspect was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos during the inward screening of Etihad passengers.

The drug was concealed in 15 hand bags inside his luggage.


The estimated street value of the seized drug is N150million.
According to the NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Hamza Umar, the suspect travelled with a Cameroonian passport under the name Nana Njamen Theophile.

?Investigation later revealed he hails from Anambra State with the name Okafor Godswill. The case is currently under investigation,? Umar stated.

The suspect in his statement said that he was given $6,000 to bring the drug to Nigeria.
?I attended Boys Secondary School Nnewi, Anambra State. I sell computer accessories at Onitsha. I am married with two children.

?I needed money to pay my bills and there was no help. I agreed to bring the drug into Nigeria for $6,000,? the 50-year-old explained.