Posted by By SUSAN NWANGANGA AGWU on
Three female drug traffickers have been caught by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja for concealing 3.550 kilogrammes of cocaine in both their private parts and brassiere on their way to Amsterdam.
Three female drug traffickers have been caught by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja for concealing 3.550 kilogrammes of cocaine in both their private parts and brassiere on their way to Amsterdam.
One of them, Ugochi Akhigbe Linda, ingested 62 wraps of cocaine and inserted two wraps in her private parts weighing 1.050 kilogrammes.
The single mother who works in Valencia, Spain, was caught on May 1, 2008 during screening of passengers on KLM flight to Amsterdam. Also caught on same flight is Okpalaoka Amelia Ijeoma, a business woman based in Lagos. She had in her possession a total of 108 wraps of cocaine, weighing 1.450 kilogrammes that she packed on her body, including her brassiere. The mother of two was detected by a female officer that conducted a body frisk on her during screening.
The third suspect, Omoruyi Jessica, ingested 69 wraps and inserted 1 wrap in her private parts weighing 1.050 kilogrammes. Jessica was arrested on May 5, 2008 on her way to Barcelona, Spain where she works as a cleaner. The NDLEA Commander at the Airport, Alhaji Hamza Umar, described the use of private parts to conceal drugs as obscene.
According to Hamza, 'we are prepared to detect any mode of concealment, but the use of private part by women to conceal drugs is obscene."
The agency said, the cases are under investigation while the suspects will be charged to court as soon as findings are completed.