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Nigeria: Drugs – NDLEA Places Alitalia Airline on Surveillance

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Original Post Date: 2010-08-03 Time: 08:00:03  Posted By: News Poster

By Wisdom Patrick

Lagos – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend placed Alitalia Airline on its surveillance list over hard drug misdemeanour, after a scheduled first class passenger for the Milan-bound plane was arrested.

The incident happened at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. The suspect and five others allegedly had in their possession unlawful powder substances suspected to be cocaine. The anti-drug agency had, in May this year, warned that any international airline found to be ferrying drug peddlers would be placed on security watch list.

The suspect, Iheme Kingsley Agu, 51, who allegedly swallowed 1.470kilogrammes of cocaine, like others arrested over the weekend, tested positive to drug ingestion at the central screening area where the agency had drug detecting scanning machines. While under observation, they excreted a total of 8.190 kg of cocaine. Airport Commander, Hamza Umar, who confirmed the arrests, said that an average of four suspects were apprehended over drug trafficking at the airport.

According to Hamza, Igwe Chimezie Jonathan, 46, ingested 1.315kg, Vardakas Ikenna, 21, ingested 880g, Nwanze Clifford,32, ingested 1.120kg, Eyituor Bright, 24, ingested 1.350kg and Enemchukwu Okwudili Sunday, 46, ingested 2.055kg.

“All six suspects are in our custody pending arraignment in court,” Hamza stated. He explained that after making an arrest, the suspect was placed under observation if the mode of drug concealment was ingestion. “One of the crucial evidence needed for prosecution is the drug; therefore, we observe them to excrete the drugs which we subject to scientific field test using the United Nations testing kits,” Hamza added.

Iheme, a father of two children from Imo State, lives in Port Harcourt where he works as a property consultant. He was to board a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt when he was intercepted by anti-narcotic officers. He was found to have swallowed 139 wraps of cocaine that weighed 1.470kg. Iheme attributed his involvement in drug trafficking to dwindling fortunes in his business.

“It is painful that I had to end up this way,” he lamented.

Original date published: 1 August 2010

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201008020575.html?viewall=1