NDLEA arrests nursing scholar with 76 wraps of cocaine certain for India 

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The Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) has arrested a 26-year-old nursing scholar, Esther Onyinyechi Uzodinma, for trying to ingest 76 wraps of cocaine earlier than her return flight to India.

The company’s Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in an announcement on Sunday that the 200-level scholar at Noida Worldwide College, Uttar Pradesh, India, was apprehended hours earlier than her scheduled departure from Mallam Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport (MAKIA), Kano.

He defined that Esther was scheduled to return to Delhi, India from MAKIA Kano on Qatar Airways flight 1432 on Friday seventeenth January 2025 however was arrested in her room at 11:30 pm on Thursday sixteenth January at Royal Park Resort Sabon Garin Kano, whereas awaiting the cocaine consignment she was to ingest earlier than her flight the next morning.

Babafemi disclosed that Esther’s operation was uncovered after NDLEA operatives, on patrol alongside the Okene-Lokoja freeway in Kogi State on Thursday, January 16, intercepted a 31-year-old man, Cosmas Okorie, in a commuter bus travelling from Lagos to Kano.

Upon looking out Cosmas’ belongings, officers discovered an audio speaker hidden inside a black polythene bag, which was used to hide 76 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.34 kilograms.

He was reportedly en path to ship the illicit substance to Esther in Kano.

“A swift follow-up operation in Kano led to the arrest of the feminine nursing college scholar later the identical day, “Babafemi stated. 

Drug cartel hyperlinks 

In her assertion, in keeping with Babafemi, Esther claimed the drug cartel she was working for recruited her in India and paid for her journey to Nigeria to take pleasure in her Christmas and New 12 months holidays.

“To keep away from her dad and mom realizing she was in Nigeria, Esther didn’t journey to her residence state, Imo however was lodged for 2 weeks in a resort in Enugu, from the place she was flown to Abuja after which Kano. 

“Whereas in Kano, she stayed at Royal Park Resort, the place she was instructed to ingest 76 pellets of cocaine despatched to her from Lagos. She was scheduled to board a Qatar Airways flight to India on Friday morning.

She stated she was promised over $5,000 upon profitable supply of the illicit consignment in India,” he defined.

 Different NDLEA operations 

In different operations in keeping with the company’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA officers patrolling the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja freeway arrested 4 suspects Abdullahi Umar, Tijjani Samaila, Fortunate Obotte, and Abubakar Haruna who had been travelling to Maiduguri, Borno State, Kano, and Abuja in commuter autos.

“The suspects had been discovered with over 38,000 drugs of tramadol (225mg, 250mg, and 100mg) hid in audio audio system and clothes.” 

Lagos Raids 

  • Babafemi revealed that operatives of a particular operations unit raided the Ojodu-Berger residence of 59-year-old Nwokedi Emeka Jonas on Tuesday, January 14.
  • In line with him, they recovered 10 parcels of Canadian Loud, an artificial hashish pressure weighing 4.9kg, and paper luggage labelled with road names like “Lifeless Man,” “Gelato Prime Shelf Smoke,” and “Gelato Cake” used for retail distribution.
  • Babafemi, additional said that NDLEA operatives in Lagos raided a home in Igando New City, Alimosho, On Wednesday, January 15, arresting three suspects Isaac Vincent (32), Ebube Ikechi (25), and Christopher Usifoh (43).

“The operation led to the seizure of 1,610kg of skunk (a hashish pressure), 6kg of tramadol, a supply van, and three autos used for distributing the medication,” he revealed. 

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