26-year-old, Nzeka Chika was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for alleged drug trafficking.
The suspect who was heading to Malaysia, was
caught with over 1.800kg of methamphetamine worth over N5 million,
stuffed into tin tomatoes at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport,
MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.
The suspect who claimed to be ignorant of death sentence for drug
offenders in Malaysia is being interrogated by anti-narcotic agents over
unlawful exportation of the drugs. Officers of the agency who made
the arrest at the weekend following the discovery of drugs inside
tomato paste at Lagos, Nigeria, said the suspect is cooperating with
investigators.
According to a source, the drug which was industrially packaged in
two big tin tomato containers, clothes and foodstuff was detected during
the outward screening of an Egypt Air flight to Malaysia at the Lagos
airport . NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar who gave the name of
the suspect, as Nzeka Chika, a commercial motorcycle rider in Okigwe,
Imo State said he was still under interrogation.
“The two big tin tomato pastes with 1.8kg of methamphetamine were in
Nzeka’s bag containing clothes and foodstuff like yams, rice, beans,
garri and spaghetti. The food items were meant to distract officers from
the tomato pastes” Hamza stated.
Source: Vanguard
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