NDLEA confirms arrest of aviation staff who tried to sneak drugs into passenger’s luggage at MMIA, Lagos
An airport staff, Ajuzieogu Mac-Elvis Ugochukwu, who tried to smuggle drugs into a traveller’s bag is now in the custody of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Recall that Ugochuckwu was seen in a now-viral video being slapped by an angry passenger after he discovered that a drug was smuggled into his bag at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
Two vigilant freight agents and a traveller escaped being roped into two drug trafficking operations by desperate traffickers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, Lagos.
The suspect, a staff of Pathfinder International Ltd – an aviation security company concealed tramadol in a bottle of dietary supplements, and tried to send it through an intending passenger on Ibom Air to Accra, Ghana at the Lagos airport on Tuesday, January 16, 2023.
This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by the Director of Media and advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi.
He said that NDLEA operatives on Friday, January 19, arrested one Okosun Paul Punitt,
It would be recalled that a video of the face-off between the passenger and Ajuzieogu later went viral after the vigilant passenger suspected the consignment contained illicit substances.
Both Ajuzieogu and the exhibit were later transferred to NDLEA on Thursday, January 18, by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN for investigation.
Preliminary findings by NDLEA showed the parcel contained 50 pills of tr+madol 225mg concealed in a bottle of dietary supplements. A follow-up operation by the Agency led to the arrest of Okosun upon his return from Ghana on Friday. He has in his statement confirmed ownership of the drug.
