Suspected Drug Kingpin Arrested With N8bn Worth Of Cocaine
A Brazil-based drug kingpin has been apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), who also intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine, weighing 27.95 kilogrammes with a value of over N8billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.
The drug lord, Ejiofor Felix Enwereaku, who leads a syndicate was arrested at the airport on Friday 14th May 2021 for importing 27.95kg of cocaine using their organised criminal gang, which specialises in tagging/planting drugs in innocent travellers’ luggage.
NDLEA director of media and advocacy,Femi Babafemi said in a statement that “Based on intelligence, narcotic agents at the MMIA had on Saturday 8th May, 2021 intercepted a bag that arrived the Lagos airport from GRU, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the Ethiopian airline with baggage tag No- ET331199 but was disclaimed by an arriving passenger on the flight
“The disclaimed bag was promptly secured by NDLEA operatives for investigation. On Sunday, 9th May, 2021, a man came to the airport to make inquiry on how to get the disclaimed bag released. He was promptly arrested for investigation”.
His group is suspected to be responsible for recruiting traffickers to move illicit drugs to various destinations using Nigeria as their transit location and also planting drugs in the luggage of innocent travellers.
