By our Reporter
No fewer than four hundred and fourty two (442) parcels of crystal Methamphetamine concealed in heads of fishes packed in cartons for export to Dubai,the United Arab Emirates through the SAHCO shed of the muritala Muhammend International Airport,Ikeja,Lagos have been uncovered by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
The 11.90kg consignment was brought to the SAHCO export shed of the airport on Friday 5th August by a freight agent,Adekunle Oluwapelumi Paul ,32,from Yagba West LGA,Kogi State who was promptly arrested upon the discovery that the seven cartoons he presented for export contained parcels of the dangerous drug wrapped with foil paper and concealed in the heads of hundreds of smoked catfish.
However,another consignment containing 1.45kg cannabis concealed inside granulated melon and Crayfish and packed among food condiments going to Dubai,UAE was also intercepted by NDLEA operatives who arrested the freight agent,Ajisefini Lateef that presented the cargo for export at the SAHCO shed on Saturday 6th August. The 39 year Old agent is from Abeokuta West LGA,Ogun State.
In a similar report,anti-narcotic officers at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu also arrested a 50 year Old Mgbeobuna Victor Eberechukwu for ingesting 77 pellets of cocaine and was arrested on Saturday 6th August following from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia onboard an Ethiopian airlines flight.
The suspect who hail from Idemili South LGA,Anambra State passed out the 77 wraps of illicit drug in eight excretions spanning four days.