…As ex-BRT driver excretes 90 pellets of cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have intercepted 22 blocks of heroin weighing 23.55 kilogrammes concealed in packs of Nestle Cerelac baby food at the Lagos Airport.
The consignment, with a street value of over N4.5 billion, came from Johannesburg, South Africa, on board a South African Airways flight last Wednesday, as part of a consolidated cargo that arrived at the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport. After a series of follow-up operations that led to the arrest of two freight agents, the actual receiver of the drug consignment, Chike Okeke Eweni, who distributes the substance for his South Africa-based partner, was arrested on June 30, 2022, at a logistics warehouse in Ajao Estate, Ikeja.
Before his arrest, NDLEA officers at the airport had, on 27th June arrested a former driver with a public transport company, BRT, Muyiwa Babalola Bolujoko for ingesting 90 pellets of cocaine. He was arrested at the screening point before boarding a Qatar Airways flight enroute from Doha to Sharj’ah, with his trip expected to terminate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (UAE).
The 39-year-old from Ijebu South LGA of Ogun State, was placed under excretion observation after body scan results confirmed drug ingestion. While in custody, the suspect excreted all the 90 pellets in four excretions. He claimed that he left his N60, 000 per month job as a BRT driver in February and decided to work as a drug courier to raise funds to buy a shuttle bus, popularly called ‘Korope’, in Lagos in order to continue his transport business.
Meanwhile, in Rivers State, NDLEA operatives, on 29th June arrested a 68-yr-old woman, Mrs. Celina Ekeke at Obunku community, Oyigbo LGA with 231.2kgs of cannabis, while one Shedrack Eze, were arrested the following day, at Yankarfe, Zaria, Kaduna state with 250,000 tablets of Exol 5, weighing 75kgs.
In Borno State, Usman Haruna, 27, was also arrested at the BCG checkpoint in Biu on Saturday 2nd July with 19.7kgs of cannabis.
