2 Female friends enroute
Dubai nabbed for drug
trafficking at Lagos Airport
(Photo)
kilogrammes of dried weeds, said to be
cannabis sativa, from two friends; 30-year-
old Sandra Ebere and Maureen Obidike, 33.
Punch Metro gathered that the suspects were
arrested at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos State during the
screening of passengers on an Etihad flight
en route to Dubai, United Arab Emirate.
It was learnt that the drug was packaged
into about 80 parcels and concealed inside
foodstuffs and bottles.Our correspondent
gathered that Ebere, who studied Economics,
told investigators that her travel agent in
Dubai directed her to smuggle the drug as a
prerequisite for a free visa.
She said,
“I used to export foodstuffs to Dubai
since 2012. Each time I go to Dubai, I
stay for two months and come back
because I have no permanent visa. I
came to Nigeria since December 2014 to
spend the Christmas and New Year
holidays at home. While I was
preparing to go back, my travel agent in
Dubai called me that somebody will give
me a parcel to bring to him. He
promised me that if I could bring it to
him he will prepare my next visa for
free. That was how I agreed to take it.”
Obidike, in her statement, described her
arrest as the backlash of keeping a deceitful
friend.
“My friend did not tell me that she had
drugs in the luggage before she checked
in in my name. She told me that it was
foodstuffs, but it turned out to be
cannabis. I feel very sad,” she said.
The NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport,
Mr. Umar Hamza, said the case was under
investigation.
He said,
“We found 78 parcels of dried weeds
that tested positive for cannabis sativa
weighing 19.8kg inside foodstuffs and
bottles of local alcoholic beverage. The
case is under investigation and the
suspects are assisting our team of
investigators.”
The agency’s Chairman, Mr. Ahmadu Giade,
called on travellers to be sure of the content
of their luggage before travelling.
“Members of the public must take
necessary preventive measures to
ensure that they have no drugs in their
luggage. They must also not collect
luggage from people when travelling.
This is very important because such
luggage may contain drugs,” Giade said
Dubai nabbed for drug
trafficking at Lagos Airport
(Photo)
kilogrammes of dried weeds, said to be
cannabis sativa, from two friends; 30-year-
old Sandra Ebere and Maureen Obidike, 33.
Punch Metro gathered that the suspects were
arrested at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos State during the
screening of passengers on an Etihad flight
en route to Dubai, United Arab Emirate.
It was learnt that the drug was packaged
into about 80 parcels and concealed inside
foodstuffs and bottles.Our correspondent
gathered that Ebere, who studied Economics,
told investigators that her travel agent in
Dubai directed her to smuggle the drug as a
prerequisite for a free visa.
She said,
“I used to export foodstuffs to Dubai
since 2012. Each time I go to Dubai, I
stay for two months and come back
because I have no permanent visa. I
came to Nigeria since December 2014 to
spend the Christmas and New Year
holidays at home. While I was
preparing to go back, my travel agent in
Dubai called me that somebody will give
me a parcel to bring to him. He
promised me that if I could bring it to
him he will prepare my next visa for
free. That was how I agreed to take it.”
Obidike, in her statement, described her
arrest as the backlash of keeping a deceitful
friend.
“My friend did not tell me that she had
drugs in the luggage before she checked
in in my name. She told me that it was
foodstuffs, but it turned out to be
cannabis. I feel very sad,” she said.
The NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport,
Mr. Umar Hamza, said the case was under
investigation.
He said,
“We found 78 parcels of dried weeds
that tested positive for cannabis sativa
weighing 19.8kg inside foodstuffs and
bottles of local alcoholic beverage. The
case is under investigation and the
suspects are assisting our team of
investigators.”
The agency’s Chairman, Mr. Ahmadu Giade,
called on travellers to be sure of the content
of their luggage before travelling.
“Members of the public must take
necessary preventive measures to
ensure that they have no drugs in their
luggage. They must also not collect
luggage from people when travelling.
This is very important because such
luggage may contain drugs,” Giade said
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