By Deborah Nnamdi
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a Thailand returnee, SimonPeter Oguejiofor, for importing 13.30 kilograms of heroin worth more than N3.192billion at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.
The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
He said that Oguejiofor was arrested on Monday, Oct. 7, while attempting to smuggle out of the airport the illicit drug concealed in six backpacks and then packed into two big suitcases.
He added that the 29-year-old graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra state, had left Thailand on Oct. 3 on a Qatar Airways flight and stopped over in Doha.
This, he said was where he spent two days before heading to Lagos while his luggage was routed to Accra, Ghana, his original destination.
“After arriving in Lagos on Oct. 5, he contacted the airline to reroute his luggage to Nigeria so that he could pick them up as rush bags in a bit to beat security checks.
“However, NDLEA officers intercepted him at the point of exit. A search of his two suitcases revealed three empty backpacks in each box with a large parcel of heroin neatly sewn to all six backpacks.
“The six parcels were subsequently recovered with a gross weight of 13.30kg.
“In his statement, Oguejiofor claimed he was hired for a fee of 7,000 dollars upon successful delivery of the parcels. He said he was to deliver two parcels in Lagos and the other four parcels in Accra, Ghana.” NAN reported.
