The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has foiled an attempt by a human trafficker to export illicit drug to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), by planting it in the luggage of an orphan.
The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement in Abuja.
Babafemi said that the suspect, Matthew Bassey, who had allegedly recruited the orphan, Ms. Peter Eno, for a phantom Job in Arab nation was at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos.
He said that Bassey, from Oron LGA, Akwa Ibom, was arrested on July 6, following the interception of Eno at the departure hall of the Lagos airport.
He said Eno’s luggage was searched, 50 parcels of cannabis concealed in food items were discovered while there were discrepancies between the age she declared and the date of birth on her international passport.
