A commercial tricycle rider in Owerri and an Abuja based
trader have been apprehended by officials of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport
(MMIA) Lagos in connection with unlawful importation of 6.390kg of
heroin.
NDLEA made this known in an official statement signed by the head public affairs unit, Ofoyeju Mitchell which was made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday.
According to the statement, one of the suspected traffickers was caught on arrival from Kigali, Rwanda while the other was nabbed on arrival from Nairobi, Kenya, adding that the drug with an estimated street value of N575 million naira was hidden in their luggage.
NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Ahmadu Garba gave the names of
the suspects as Egwin Cajetan Chinedu, 32 caught with 3.900kg of heroin
and King Sunday, 38, found in possession of 2.490kg of heroin.
According to Ahmadu, “Egwin arrived from Kigali on Rwand Airline flight while King Sunday imported the drug found on him from Nairobi during inward screening of passengers on an Ethiopian Airline flight. Both suspects are being investigated”.
The statement further noted that “preliminary investigation by the Agency however, indicated that drug trafficking cartels are gradually changing their mode of operation by turning to African countries in sourcing narcotic drugs like heroin. Both suspects were also recruited for a fee to import the drugs into the country. Egwin Cajetan Chinedu who is not married said that he needed money to repair his commercial tricycle while King Sunday who left his wife after four days of marriage on the guise of a business trip said that he needed money for his honeymoon and business”.
Egwin Cajetan, a commercial tricycle rider in Owerri the Imo State capital told investigators that he needed money to change the engine of his tricycle.
“The engine of my tricycle which is my only source of livelihood is bad. While I was looking for money to fix it, I was introduced to the man that promised to pay me the sum of four hundred thousand N400,000 naira on the condition that I will bring his drug from Kigali. I accepted the offer because nobody was willing to help me. I dropped out of school in junior secondary class two. Apart from the repairs, my rent is due and my landlord had been asking for his money” Egwin stated.
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NDLEA made this known in an official statement signed by the head public affairs unit, Ofoyeju Mitchell which was made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday.
According to the statement, one of the suspected traffickers was caught on arrival from Kigali, Rwanda while the other was nabbed on arrival from Nairobi, Kenya, adding that the drug with an estimated street value of N575 million naira was hidden in their luggage.
According to Ahmadu, “Egwin arrived from Kigali on Rwand Airline flight while King Sunday imported the drug found on him from Nairobi during inward screening of passengers on an Ethiopian Airline flight. Both suspects are being investigated”.
The statement further noted that “preliminary investigation by the Agency however, indicated that drug trafficking cartels are gradually changing their mode of operation by turning to African countries in sourcing narcotic drugs like heroin. Both suspects were also recruited for a fee to import the drugs into the country. Egwin Cajetan Chinedu who is not married said that he needed money to repair his commercial tricycle while King Sunday who left his wife after four days of marriage on the guise of a business trip said that he needed money for his honeymoon and business”.
Egwin Cajetan, a commercial tricycle rider in Owerri the Imo State capital told investigators that he needed money to change the engine of his tricycle.
“The engine of my tricycle which is my only source of livelihood is bad. While I was looking for money to fix it, I was introduced to the man that promised to pay me the sum of four hundred thousand N400,000 naira on the condition that I will bring his drug from Kigali. I accepted the offer because nobody was willing to help me. I dropped out of school in junior secondary class two. Apart from the repairs, my rent is due and my landlord had been asking for his money” Egwin stated.
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