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DESECRATED
...14 wraps of heroin sniffed out from lady’s hair
By CHRIS ANUCHA
Thursday, November
10, 2009
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•Angela
Photo: Sun News Publishing |
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It is said that a woman’s beauty is her hair. But
that can no longer be said of Angela Okiri, who was arrested
recently at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport(MMIA),
Ikeja, Lagos, over hard drug.
According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA),
she concealed fourteen wraps on her well braided hair.
The 31 years old suspect from Edo State, also swallowed fifty-six
wraps of heroin and packed twenty-two wraps inside sanitary
pad in her handbag.
Angela was among the four suspects nabbed recently by the
narcotic agents.
One of the suspects was attempting to smuggle narcotics into
the country from Brazil, while the other three suspects were
arrested on their way out of the country to Europe. Other
suspects were, Anekwe Ugochukwu, 28, who ingested eighty-one
wraps of cocaine weighing 1.285kg, Anisiebo Arinze, 45, who
ingested sixty-eight wraps of cocaine and Esimone Amanchukwu,
33, that ingested eighty-two wraps of cocaine weighing 988
grammes.
The suspects were detected with the assistance of scanning
machine donated to the Agency by the United States of America.
Impressed by the arrest and seizures, the Chairman/Chief Executive
of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, called for more public support for
the Agency. While reaffirming the commitment of the Nigerian
government to the anti-narcotic crusade, he vowed that all
drug trafficking syndicates would be brought to book. Giade
stressed that the Agency would leave no stone unturned in
the fight against illicit drugs, adding that intense undercover
operations were going on to dismantle more illegal drug cartels.
Arinze, who had lived in Germany for the past nineteen years
was nabbed while on his way to London. He ingested the drug
for a fee of 5,000 pounds.
He said: “I live in Stuttgart, Germany, where I work
as a labourer, but I lost my job in August last year. I came
to Nigeria in November 2, 2009, to attend a burial ceremony.
It was in the village that I met an old friend, who asked
me to traffick drugs to London. I agreed because of the money
involved, because I needed to complete the traditional marriage
ceremony of my wife. I only did the introduction in January
and there is pressure on me. I ingested sixty-eight pieces
of the drug in my village, Umuoji in Anambra State.”
Ananchukwu was to board KLM flight to Amsterdam, on his way
to Hamburg, Germany, when he tested positive to drug ingestion.
The suspect said he decided to smuggle drugs to settle his
creditors. “I am heavily indebted and my dad is sick.
I swallowed eighty-two pieces of drugs and would have been
given 3,500 Euros.” Anthony, who was smuggling the illicit
drugs into Nigeria was apprehended in a South African Airline
from Sao-Paulo Brazil, through South Africa. According to
him, he went to Brazil five months ago and was stranded. “I
was stranded in Brazil.
Though, I was working in a restaurant, the salary could not
pay my rent. When I got the offer to send the drugs to Togo,
I was happy, because I saw hell these five months in Brazil,”
he stated.
Angela, had lived 11 years in Bergmo, Italy, where she worked
as a labourer in factories.
She was arrested during screening of passengers on Alitalia
flight. The suspect, whose final destination was Torino, stated
that some friends introduced her into the drug business, after
being jobless for several months due to the economic recession.
“Having lost my job for some months, I am now into trading
but things are difficult. I wanted some money to expand my
business.
They gave me ninety-two wraps out of which, I could only swallow
56. So, I hid some in my handbag and some in my hair. I thought
that they would not see them. They would have paid me 4,000
Euros,” she lamented.
According to the NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, all
the suspects would appear in Court soon.
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