Liberia Bound Passenger, Okafor Edith, Conceals 35 Wraps Of Cocaine In Her Underwear

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Liberia Bound Passenger<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency&comma; NDLEA&comma; on Saturday 31st July 2021&comma; recovered 35 wraps of cocaine from the underwear of a lady&comma; Okafor Ebere Edith during the outward clearance of passengers on Air Cotevoire&comma; to Monrovia&comma; Liberia from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport&comma; MMIA&comma; Ikeja&comma; Lagos&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is contained in a statement signed by Femi Babafemi&comma; NDLEA Director&comma; Media &amp&semi; Advocacy&comma; made available to NAOSRE on August 1&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the statement&comma; the suspect who tucked the pellets of cocaine in her underwear to beat security checks at the Airport was picked up for search and questioning&period; The wraps of the illicit drug were found on her&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;During the preliminary interview&comma; she claimed her desire to make money pushed her into drug trafficking&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another suspect&comma; Echendu Jerry Maduakolam&comma; an intending male passenger going to Istanbul was arrested at Gate A departure hall of the MMIA on Tuesday 27th July during outward clearance of Egypt airline to Turkey with 78grams of cannabis mixed with dried bitter leaves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9240" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;08&sol;Turkey-2-169x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Liberia Bound" width&equals;"169" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the same day&comma; another intending male passenger&comma; Egbon Osarodion going to Milan&comma; Italy was arrested at the airport’s Gate A departure hall during outward clearance of passengers on Egypt airline with different quantities of 225mg Tramadol and Rohypnol concealed in foil papers wrapped in a polyethylene bag&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile&comma; acting on credible intelligence&comma; NDLEA operatives from Kontagora Area command of the Agency in the early hours of Thursday 29th July 2021 raided a warehouse at Mailefe village in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger state&comma; where drug supplies for bandits operating in parts of the state were stored&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After a thorough search of the warehouse&comma; 125 bags of Cannabis Sativa were recovered while a man seen praying in front of the house fled into the forest when he sighted the narcotic officers from afar&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Chairman&sol; Chief Executive of the NDLEA&comma; Brig&period; Gen&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Mohammed Buba Marwa<&sol;a> &lpar;Retd&rpar; commended the commanders&comma; officers&comma; and men of the MMIA and Niger state commands of the Agency to track down traffickers of illicit drugs in their areas of responsibility&period; He charged them and their counterparts in other commands to remain focused and resolute in pursuit of the goal to rid Nigeria of illicit substances and drug-related criminalities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;