The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted a fuel truck with a hidden storage containing cannabis along the Suleja-Kaduna road in Niger.
A statement by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, on Sunday, said vehicles containing different illicit drugs were also intercepted in the state.
The pictures and videos shared by the NDLEA spokesperson show that a large storage space was created in the body of the fuel truck.
“In Niger state, NDLEA officers acting on intelligence on Wednesday 7th May intercepted a fuel truck marked ABJ 693 XU and three other vehicles loaded with 246 bags of skunk, a strain of cannabis with a combined weight of 3, 047 kilograms along Suleja-Kaduna road,” the statement reads.
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“Four suspects arrested with the exhibits include: Christopher Onyema, 47; Benedict Etineruba Young, 54; Chukwudi Ujue Jerry, 30; and Mohammed Abdullahi Danasabe.”
Babafemi said one Ihensekhien Obehi was arrested at the Port Harcourt international airport over alleged drug trafficking.
The anti-drug agency alleged that Obehi “disguised with a hijab to export large consignments of cocaine concealed in her private part, stomach, and false bottom of her handbag”.
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He said the suspect was arrested on May 3 while trying to board a Qatar airline flight to Iran via Doha.
“During her search, she was found to have inserted three wraps of cocaine in her private part, and two large parcels hidden in false compartments of her handbag while she swallowed 67 pellets of the Class A drug,” Babafemi said.
“As a result, she was placed under excretion observation and after four excretions that lasted days, she expelled the 67 wraps of the substance in her stomach.
“She claimed she was to swallow 70 pellets of cocaine but after ingesting 67 pieces she could no longer swallow the remaining three and decided to insert them into her private part.
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“The total weight of the three consignments hidden in different parts of her body comes to 2.523 kilograms.”
The NDLEA spokesperson also announced the arrest of Campbell Slifer, a 22-year-old British national, at the Lagos international airport with two suitcases, allegedly containing cannabis.
