Three Nigerians Arrested At Airports With Hard Drugs Concealed In Crayfish, Cereal Packs, Others
The suspects, Chukwuka and Mkwo were to export nine kilogrammes of skunk and methamphetamine from the NAIA, Abuja to Turkey and Belgium respectively.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jun 01, 2021
A 23-year-old secondary school leaver, Iwuyi Princewill Chukwuka and a European-based Nigerian, Peter Mkwo have been arrested with various illicit drugs at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja.
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Babafemi said the suspects, Chukwuka and Mkwo were to export nine kilogrammes of skunk and methamphetamine from the NAIA, Abuja to Turkey and Belgium respectively, NAN reports.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a 23-year-old secondary school leaver and an European based Nigerian with various illicit drugs at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled attempts by a 23-year-old secondary school leaver, Iwuyi Princewill Chukwuka,
NDLEA Operatives have captured two young men for attempting to smuggle hard drugs out of the country.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, intercepted a 23-year-old secondary school leaver, Iwuyi Princewill Chukwuka and a Europe based Nigerian, Peter Mkwo as they attempted to export nine kilograms of skunk and methamphetamine through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja to Turkey and Belgium respectively.
Peter Mkwo, 37, was arrested on Friday May 28, 2021 while trying to board an Ethiopian Airline 910 enroute Abuja-Addis Ababa- Brussels, Belgium. When searched, 3kg of methamphetamine was discovered stuffed in the lining of a false bottom of his luggage.