On Sunday, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) detained a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, who is suspected of running a drug gang out of the airport's international terminal.
In a statement released on Sunday in Abuja, Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, stated as much.
According to Babafemi, the suspect was apprehended on Tuesday as a result of the arrest of a would-be traveller on an Airpeace trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
He claimed that the traveller, identified as Obinna Osita, was detained with three bags, two of which contained eight blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 4.25kg and were stowed away in crayfish, garri, and cassava products.
He also said that one other member of the airport syndicate who worked with Ohiagu had also been arrested, while operatives were trailing another suspect.
“Investigations revealed that a Dubai-based drug dealer recruited Obinna, a 42-year-old native of Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra, to traffic the drugs.
” And equally contracted Ohiagu, a 34-year-old airport cleaner from Orlu West Local Government Area of Imo to create access for the unhindered passage of the trafficker.
“The drug syndicate bust, which is the first drug arrest at the new terminal of the MMIA comes on the heels of the seizure of a consignment of bottles of viju and fearless energy drinks.
“They were used to conceal skunk for export to Dubai, UAE through the NAHCO export shed on Monday Aug., 15, ” he said.
Babafemi said that a freight agent had already been arrested in connection with the seizure and more Investigations were still ongoing.