A 37-year-old mother of three, Ezeh Ifeoma
Maureen, has been arrested with substances
suspected to be cannabis by the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
She was caught at the Murtala Mohammed
International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos,
during outward screening of China-bound
Ethiopian Airlines’ passengers for allegedly
attempting to smuggle 6.200 kilogrammes of dried
weeds that tested positive for cannabis.
The agency’s Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza
Umar, said the suspect told the officers that her bags
contained vegetables and foodstuff.
“She declared the content of her bags as vegetables
and foodstuff, but during a search, the vegetables
turned out to be cannabis weighing 6.200
kilogrammes. The drug was packed in two parcels.”
The suspect, who hails from Anambra State, said: “I
am a business woman; I sell women’s clothes at the
Onitsha main market. I usually export food stuff to
China and import female dresses to Nigeria.
One of my customers in China called to tell me that his
brother would give me two parcels of vegetables to
bring to him. I collected the parcels at the airport
from the boy. Unfortunately, when they tested them,
I was told that they contained cannabis.”
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Ahmadu
Giade, advised the public to learn from the cases of
those arrested for drug trafficking. “This mother of
three children would have been killed in China for
drug trafficking if she was not apprehended here. It
is important for the public to learn from her
experience and shun drug trafficking,” he said.
Giade warned passengers not to collect items from
people, who will not be there during a search.
The suspect, Giade said, would be charged to court
for unlawful possession of, and attempt to
export cannabis.
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