Notorious suspect nabbed for multiple drug trafficking
A suspect, notorious for drug dealing, Okoli Ikenna, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
NDLEA described Mr Ikenna as the mastermind of recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to UK and other foreign countries.
A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, said that the suspect had been linked to several trafficking in illicit drugs to London, United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA).
The suspect is said to be currently on bail granted by the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court.
He was arraigned in November 2020 over an attempt to export 15.7 kilogrammes of methamphetamine to Australia.
Mr Babafemi said the agency has since been investigating the suspect’s activities linked to recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to the UK which culminated in his arrest on Tuesday, November 2.
According to him, the suspect had on him 78 parcels of cannabis, concealed in black soap packs labelled as Dudu Osun, with a total weight of 12.250 kilogrammes while attempting to fly to the UK.
Mr Bababfemi said that further investigation revealed that the suspect had been behind the attempt to export 7.35kilogrammes of cannabis to the UK on Thursday, October 21.
He said that officials of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) intercepted the consignments.
“Curiously, a separate investigation by operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, (DOGI,) of the agency attached to courier companies, have equally traced two other attempts to the suspect,” he said.
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