A statement by the anti-narcotics agency, on Tuesday, said the suspect, Ajoke Williams, was nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Sunday night, while attempting to board an Arik flight.
The statement which was signed by the Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchel Ofoyeju, described the mode of concealment of the drugs as strange.
The NDLEA statement said the successful arrest followed intelligence report on the latest move by drug barons to smuggle narcotics out of the country.
The Chief Executive Officer, NDLEA, Alhaji Ahmadu Giade, who described her action as a dry run which was aptly detected, said “this arrest would “definitely send a strong signal to the drug gangs that the Agency is prepared to checkmate their next moves.”
Meanwhile, Williams, who hails from Lagos State, was quoted as saying that she wanted to hide under the guise of Notting Hill carnival to smuggle the drug for a fee of £3,500.
“A friend I met in a party in Lagos convinced me into drug trafficking. I told him that I am afraid of swallowing the drug so he decided to hide it in my bags. I know there was drug in the bag, but I never knew where it was packed. I would have been paid £3,500.
“I am a trader, I buy clothes and bags from London but I suffered financial loss and I needed money for my business. My intention was to take advantage of the Notting Hill Carnival in making some money” NDLEA quoted the suspect as saying.
The anti-narcotic agency said Ajoke, who was given £600 part-payment, would have been paid £2,900 in London upon successful delivery of the drug.
