NDLEA captures human trafficker who recruited orphan to export drugs to Dubai; Algeria-bound father of one discharges 47 wraps of cocaine

 Endeavor by a human trafficker, Mathew Bassey to send out illegal drugs to Dubai, United Arab Emirate by planting same in the bag of an orphan, Ms. Peter Gift Eno enrolled for a phantom  job in the Arab nation has been foiled by agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos.

Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a proclamation on Sunday, July 10, said Bassey, 29, from Oron LGA, Akwa Ibom state was captured on Wednesday sixth July following the interception of Eno at the departure hall of the Lagos air terminal.

At the point when Eno's gear was searched, 50 bundles of pot (2.80kg) disguised in food items were found while there were disparities between the age she pronounced and the date of birth on her international visa.

Further interview uncovers that the human trafficker who enrolled and carried her to the air terminal, Mathew Bassey was all the while prowling around the air terminal, hanging around for her to takeoff. He was quickly tracked and captured.

Investigations showed that the casualty who hails from a similar Oron LGA of Akwa Ibom State like Bassey recently lost her mom and thus made it simple for Bassey to recruit her with the commitment of getting her a task in Dubai, UAE. It was additionally found that the enrollment specialist leveraged on the casualties naivety and planted drugs in her luggage for onward delivery to his contact in Dubai.

In a connected turn of events, the frantic bid by a drug trafficker, Aloysius Ajuruchukwu Onyekwe (a.k.a Kelvin) to venture out by road to Algeria through Sokoto state with ingested 47 wraps of cocaine in his stomach has been frustrated by NDLEA agents who captured him in Ibadan, Oyo state following knowledge shared by the Department of State Security, DSS.

Onyekwe, 26, who hails from Owerri West LGA, Imo state was captured on Sunday third July at Ojo park Ibadan where he went to load up a vehicle enroute Sokoto to Algeria. He was going with an 18-year-old woman, Blessing Nwoke. The dad of a 10-month-old kid who passed out the 47 pellets of cocaine in five discharges admitted that he started his excursion to Algeria from Cele area of Okota, Lagos where he ingested the unlawful drug, weighing 1.1kg.

Likewise in Oyo express, no less than 1,900 tablets of Tramadol 225mg were seized from a street pharmacist, Mustapha Ijabula, 22, who was captured in a Yola, Adamawa-bound business vehicle halted for routine search along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. He hails from Mubi area of Adamawa state.

In Akwa Ibom state, a trans-border dealer, Fonkou Dassi, 31, was on Friday eighth July captured with 6,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg weighing 3kg by officials of Marine Unit of the Agency when a commercial boat he boarded was caught and searched  en route to Cameroon. The suspect disguised the recuperated drugs inside indomie noodles animation.

Along these lines, a wanted drug dealer, Uduak Edidiong Samuel, 29, was captured on Tuesday fifth July, subsequent to going to a court proceeding where his better half was going through trial for another drug case. The suspect had deserted a cannabis sativa display weighing 9kg when his home was searched on 27th June and has been on the run from that point forward. During his capture on Tuesday, Uduak was as yet tracked down possessing a wrap of skunk.

In Edo state, a famous street pharmacist Beauty Dauda, 27, has been captured with different amounts of Meth, heroin, pot and crack cocaine in a densely populated ghetto along Lagos bypass, Benin City. She was captured on Wednesday sixth July after NDLEA agents had the option to get through the ring of protection frequently provided by criminals and touts nearby.

Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has complimented the officials and men of the MMIA, Oyo, Akwa Ibom and Edo commands of the Agency for remaining careful and proactive in their areas of obligation.

He charged them and their associates the nation over not to rest on their oars.