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Nemesis has caught up with a woman who concealed 1.547 kg of cocaine in her wig in order to beat security operatives at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
Nemesis has caught up with a woman who concealed 1.547 kg of cocaine in her wig in order to beat security operatives at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
According to a top source at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the suspect, one Tigri Felicia with passport number A0686836 was arrested at the Airport on Saturday night while trying to smuggle the hard drug to Italy.
The source further stressed that it took the ingenuity of the narcotic officers at the airport to apprehend the 37-year-old suspect as she perfected her plans to deceive all security personnel.
The source further said the woman, apart from cooling her heels at the NDLEA custody, is also giving useful information that will lead to the arrest of her cocaine cartel.
'After that, we'll move her to NAHCO area from where she'll proceed for legal prosecution," the source added.
In the same vein, the command has arrested another drug courier, one Ajagwaigbo Maxwell Chimauzo, 44, who injested a yet-to-be ascertained kilogram of cocaine. The suspect, with passport number A2387060 was trying to 'export" the hard drug to London.
The command says the man has been kept under close monitoring to ensure he completely excretes all he had earlier injested.
The source further revealed that all the suspects arrested within the past few weeks are being prepared to face legal charges.
While urging the government to come up with stiffer sanctions to check the recurrent issue of drug trafficking, the source said the command will not rest on its oars in arresting unrepentant drug couriers. He said the country is fast losing its youths who now take to drugs after school, pointing out that the future of the nation may be dim if the battle is not tackled head long.