Caught in the act: Man arrested with 1.3kg of cocaine at Lagos airport (PICTURED)
Nriagwu Augustine Ifeanyi, the nabbed suspect
Nriagwu Augustine Ifeanyi, a 34-year-old drug suspect was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday, July 7, 2014 with 1.370 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Mr. Nriagwu, who was arrested while attempting to board a Turkish airline flight at the departure hall of the airport, had reportedly hid two parcels of drugs inside his laptop bag.
Speaking on the arrest, the NDLEA commander stationed at the Lagos airport, Hamza Umar, says the suspect could have successfully transported the drugs to South Sudan upon arrival in Turkey had he not been
apprehended.
Augustine stash containing two parcels of cocaine
Mr. Umar said, “The suspect was found with two parcels of cocaine industrially hidden by the sides of his laptop bag. He was detected on his way to Turkey from where he would have proceeded to South Sudan. The drug tested positive for cocaine and weighed 1.370kg.”
The suspect who hails from Anambra state said that he smuggled the drug hoping to receive a sum of 3,500 dollars which he intended using for his family’s upkeep.
The laptop bag used in concealing the drugs
